and what s important is first of all that we need to help people struggling with the cost of living. i would immediately reverse the national insurance increase. i would also have a temporary moratorium on the green energy levy to save people money on fuel bills. but i d also keep corporation tax low, to make sure that we are attracting investment. i am saying some things that are maybe not the easiest thing in the world to hear. i m not sitting here or standing here promising you tens and tens of billions of pounds of goodies straightaway, because i don t think that s the right thing to do for our economy. i think it s risky, i think it risks making the inflation problem far worse and costing you all far more. let s talk to our political correspondent damian grammaticas. so all about the economy last night? the debate all the questions to the candidates ranged across a lot of topics but the real heart of it, yes, with their differences on approach to this, the biggest issue that they
well, what the bank of england has said today is of course extremely worrying but it is not inevitable. we can change the outcome and we can make it more likely that the economy grows. and what s important is first of all that we need to help people struggling with the cost of living. i would immediately reverse the national insurance increase. i would also have a temporary moratorium on the green energy levy to save people money on fuel bills. but i d also keep corporation tax low, to make sure that we are attracting investment. i am saying some things that are maybe not the easiest thing in the world to hear. i m not sitting here or standing here promising you tens and tens of billions of pounds of goodies straightaway, because i don t think that s the right thing to do for our economy. i think it s risky, i think it risks making the inflation problem far worse and costing you all far more. let s talk to our political correspondent damian grammaticas. they continued to be divided. ha
business as usual policies and people are struggling. you know, whether it s to pay food bills orfuel bills that s why it s very important that we reverse the national insurance increase, that we have a temporary moratorium on the green energy levy, to help people with their fuel bills. but critics say neither she nor rishi sunak are being realistic about the economy and what the government needs to do. at the moment, what we need are support for families for energy costs and for inflation and we re going to need support for public services. if you re looking at tax cuts, they must come well after that well after we ve got inflation under control. while the recession forecast for next year is barely a tenth of the size of the recession in 2020, caused by the lockdowns in the pandemic, there s a difference. this time, the government isn t currently planning to offer anything like the same levels of financial support to shelter businesses and people from the storm. andy verity, bbc n
that s why it s very important that we reverse the national insurance increase, that we have a temporary moratorium on the green energy levy, to help people with their fuel bills. but critics say neither she nor rishi sunak are being realistic about the economy and what the government needs to do. at the moment, what we need are support for families for energy costs and for inflation and we re going to need support for public services. if you re looking at tax cuts, they must come well after that well after we ve got inflation under control. while the recession forecast for next year is barely a tenth of the size of the recession in 2020, caused by the lockdowns in the pandemic, there s a difference. this time, the government isn t currently planning to offer anything like the same levels of financial support to shelter businesses and people from the storm. andy verity, bbc news. joining me now is the founder of the right wing blog, conservative home, and conservative
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