Shale-hungry Tories call for law change to allow fracking
Andrea Leadsom and her colleagues really want to get Britain fracking.
Andrea Leadsom and her colleagues really want to get Britain fracking.
In 2015, George Osborne said it was "not fair" that people "benefit from our public services" but "operate under different tax rules".
"It's like Sunak's team planned a "yes he is very rich and no he doesn't think the rules apply to him" week", one person commented on Twitter.
Sir Peter Bottomley, who represents Worthing West, said he opposes the sale “because I am a Conservative”.
The chancellor is an astounding 24 points less popular than he was just before the Spring Statement.
“For three years, they did nothing except talk up their ‘Safe To Be Me’ conference. And now where are we? What a sickening waste.”
"If you want to expand your income for the treasury, you don't raise taxes, you lower them."
"Colin from Portsmouth has never felt more let down by his party, who can be sure of his vote in the next election."
The Conservative Party's 2019 manifesto pledged “not to raise the rates of income tax, national insurance or VAT”.
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