“The benefit cap is cruel and irrational at the best of times – many parents subject to it can’t escape it by working more because they are caring for very young children and housing costs are completely out of their control."
Judging by his farewell letter, he's not happy about the decision!
The government's latest response is likely to anger the EU, which has stressed the need to find joint solutions to the trade barrier created in the Irish Sea by the protocol.
The Government is understood to have told Brussels it will continue with the grace periods relating to the Northern Ireland Protocol.
It comes as the EU has received the UK's response to legal threats over the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol.
"In these times it is wrong to receive extraordinary record revenues and profits benefiting from war and on the back of consumers."
“All the British Government can do is delay the truth. They can no longer deny responsibility and they can no longer deny rights and they will ultimately not be successful.
"John Redwood is trending because he has said something sensible for the first time in his life. What a time to be alive!"
"More concerning, July’s GDP remains below the level seen in May, pointing to an overall contraction over the first two months of summer."