BBCNEWS BBC News at Ten June 4, 2024 22:20:00
About whether the state should do less. those all have to be paid for. i think it's the right thing to do, to get through these difficult periods, but we have to be honest with people. it means that for a while the burden of tax is going to be higher, but conservatives cut taxes when we can. family incomes are going to fall by 6% over the next couple of years, and yet the only permanent tax change that the chancellor announced yesterday was to help the top 1% of people save even more into their pensions. when these things cannot be squared, other spending gets squeezed, and this is quite inter...