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Mr Healey’s Conservative opposite number, Andrew Griffith, said the Chancellor should commit to introducing no new taxes on October 28, urging him to “stop the tax ratchet”.
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Chancellor → say → ratchet
Mr Griffith said: “Labour’s first two budgets put taxes on course for the highest level ever recorded, and families and businesses are continuing to pay the price.
“John Healey must deliver a ‘get a grip’ Budget, instead of kicking the can down the road.”
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Healey → say → road
The call is one of five “tests” Mr Griffith said the Chancellor should meet – including cutting the budget deficit, slashing welfare, increasing defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030 and increasing youth employment.
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Chancellor → say → employment
He added: “These tests are simple, and Labour have already set one themselves.
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Labour → add → one
Mr Griffith told Sky News: “One of the weaknesses in our armoury is the lack of funding for the Government’s own independent defence plan.”
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One → tell → plan
Asked if the Conservatives need to “own their own record” after cutting defence spending during their 14 years in government, he said: “This country is facing unprecedented threats on multiple fronts.
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country → ask → fronts
The thing that we should all be talking about right now is how you make those choices today.
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you → talk → choices
“I don’t have a time machine.
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I → have → machine
I can’t go back in the past.”
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I → go → past
He said policies the Tories have announced, including tackling youth unemployment, will “help people across the country”.
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Tories → say → country
The shadow chancellor told the BBC: “We announced plans to tackle the youth jobs emergency by making it easier for employers to hire them by reducing the national insurance cost of doing that and a lot of other other reforms that will help people across the country.”
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that → tell → country
Mr Griffith’s “tests” come as the bosses of Britain’s biggest City groups intensified calls for the Chancellor not to raise taxes on banks.
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Chancellor → come → banks
In a letter to Mr Healey, senior City figures including the chief executives of UK Finance and the CBI said Britain’s financial services industry “already faces a higher tax burden than our key international competitors”.
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industry → include → competitors
The group argued that banking businesses are more likely to move their offices outside of the UK and to other financial hubs if taxes increase.
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taxes → argue → hubs
A Treasury spokesman said: “The Chancellor has been clear that fiscal discipline underwrites every promise this Government makes, which is why he and the Prime Minister are in lockstep on meeting the fiscal rules.
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he → say → rules
“His focus is on backing British jobs, giving families and businesses breathing space and driving growth in every postcode, and he will set out decisions on October 28.”
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he → back → October
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