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It was a great lesson in what can be achieved and the trick we set ourselves under the late, great simon milton as leader was to do, to pull off the impossible, which was to have the lowest council tax in the country and be top of the local government league tables, the blairite local government league tables. and we managed to do it for performance. performance, right. and notjust performance on the stuff that's easy, but the hard stuff like, like social care and social services, right? so westminster city council was top of the league table for things like children's services, really importa...

Performance, right. and notjust performance on the stuff that's easy, but the hard stuff, like social care and social services, right? so westminster city council was top of the league table for things like children's services, really important risk—managing stuff. and that taught me an enormous lesson about financial rectitude and the ability to squeeze the maximum amount of value out of every pound. now, if i were the chief secretary to the treasury and i was listening to that, i think, tremendous, kit malthouse is exactly where i need him to be. he just said how important it is to cut tax...

I we used to complain about the fact that we had too many fiscal events. we used to complain about the fact that we had too many fiscal events. but, you know, times change. and when you're in a situation of volatility like that, it's critical. but, you know, chris philp, chief secretary, was out saying, you know, fiscal rectitude and discipline still remains at the heart of what we want to do. it's a very important message for the market and the world to understand. but if you look at some of the stuff that was was announced last friday, particularly the i mean, the technical word is supply si...

It's a very important message for the market and the world to understand. but if you look at some of the stuff that was was announced last friday, particularly the i mean, the technical word is supply side, but actually it's measures to make it easier for people to go to work. easier to make wealth. easier to save money you to spend money. and to spend money. you know, all those kind of things are are coming down the track over the next few weeks. and i'm hopeful that all of that will hang together as a package, that people can see what the plan is. and the prime minister is somebody who very ...

Performance, right. and notjust performance on the stuff that's easy, but the hard stuff like, like social care and social services, right? so westminster city council was top of the league table for things like children's services, really important risk managing stuff. and that taught me an enormous lesson about financial rectitude and the ability to squeeze the maximum amount of value out of every pound. now, if i were the chief secretary to the treasury and i was listening to that, i think tremendous kit malthouse is exactly where i need him to be. he just said how important it is to cut ta...