READ MORE: <\/strong> Liz Truss piles pressure on Rishi Sunak and demands he ‘axe the tax’<\/strong><\/p>\n Sir Jake asked a packed room of Tory activists what they thought was responsible for increasing taxes.<\/p>\n Someone shouted out \u201cJeremy Hunt\u201d and another \u201cpublic spending\u201d.<\/p>\n But Sir Jake said: \u201cYou are all wrong. It is MPs voting for tax rises.\u201d<\/p>\n He said that was why the new group has been set up to oppose tax rises or demand balancing measures if different taxes go up.<\/p>\n He used the example of alcohol duty saying that if it rises there should be a cut elsewhere.<\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n Sir Jake said: \u201cAfter 13 years of Conservative government our tax to GDP ratio now stands at 37 percent.<\/p>\n \u201cI’m sorry, that is too high and that is why it’s to reduce it..\u201d<\/p>\n He said: \u201cThe idea behind the group is that it will create a blocking majority in the House of Commons.<\/p>\n \u201cThat means that no chancellor can bring forward a budget that increases the overall tax burden of people who are in the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n Also speaking on the demand to cut tax was Tory MP Miriam Cates, co-founder of the New Conservatives who were hosting the rally.<\/p>\n She said: \u201cIt should be no surprise that productivity growth has stalled.<\/p>\n \u201cWe look at how our tax system is discouraging people from working harder or longer, especially at particular pinch points of the income scale.\u201d<\/p>\n She highlighted how the threshold of \u00a380,000 turnover by a company before they had to charge VAT was disincentivising growth and productivity.<\/p>\n She said: \u201cThat\u2019s another enormous barrier to the productivity of people on ordinary wages with ordinary jobs, from families on relatively modest incomes to business owners just trying to get by and make a reasonable living.\u201d<\/p>\n The rally following one organised by Ms Truss in support of economic growth represents a major challenge to Mr Sunak and his Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.<\/p>\n The five manifesto demands include scrapping the European Convention of Human Rights and European Union employment law; cutting taxes; reducing immigration; banning gender ideology and trans lessons in schools; ending pupils who fail their A-levels from being sent to university.<\/p>\n The platform was supported by the New Conservatives led by Danny Kruger and Miriam Cates as well as the influential Common Sense Group chaired by Sir John Hayes and allies of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.<\/p>\n It represents the coming together of the right of the party which had previously been fractured.<\/p>\n Mr Kruger said: \u201cWe believe that in our heartlands like Devizes that I represent, and in the new seats, we won in the North Midlands, that elected Miriam Cates, voters want the same thing.<\/p>\n \u201cThey want to get their country back. They want the government to govern in the interest and the values of the people. And we think that’s what we were elected to do in 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n Veteran MP Sir John Redwood wanted a change of direction.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cConservatives believe in offering a hand up not a hand out.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are very much behind everybody getting on their personal journeys.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Dame Priti warned that it was \u201csocialism\u201d that was spreading woke doctrines in schools and said it had happened \u201con the watch of a Conservative government.\u201d<\/p>\n She said the party had to \u201cwake up\u201d and \u201ctake back control of the agenda\u201d from the left on social issues.<\/p>\n Tom Hunt, deputy chairman of the Common Sense Group, and Sir Jacob warned that net migration of 500,000 a year was too much.<\/p>\n Mr Hunt also said that Conservatives needed to stop being afraid of discussing these issues.<\/p>\n He said that when people objected to their communities being transformed by mass migration \u201cit is not xenophobic.\u201d<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/Jake-Berry-4990069.jpg?r=1696267098423\")
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