Government Performance against Fiscal Rules Debate
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Caroline Johnson
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Government Performance against Fiscal Rules
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Darren Jones
My hon. Friend speaks passionately, because his constituents know that they were worse off at the end of 14 years of the Conservatives than when they started. He knows that this Labour Government are committed to making his constituents better off at this end of this Parliament than they were at the start. That is what our investment in the renewal of Britain is about, and it is what this Labour Government will deliver.
Dr Caroline Johnson (Sleaford and North Hykeham) (Con)
We all know that taxes are coming; we just do not know on whom they are going to fall hardest. The country is nervous, with every family and every business wondering how much those taxes are going to cost them. Does the Chief Secretary regret the fact that that is leading to reduced domestic spending and reduced business investment, and is dragging the economy down overall?
Darren Jones
I do not disagree with this Government’s fiscal policies, no.