{"id":120367,"date":"2023-11-14T16:19:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/?p=120367"},"modified":"2023-11-14T16:19:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:19:16","slug":"liz-truss-leads-fresh-tax-cut-demands-and-issues-ultimatum-to-rishi-sunak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/politics\/liz-truss-leads-fresh-tax-cut-demands-and-issues-ultimatum-to-rishi-sunak\/","title":{"rendered":"Liz Truss leads fresh tax cut demands and issues ultimatum to Rishi Sunak"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former PM Liz Truss makes her case for growth<\/h3>\n

Liz Truss has kicked off the fightback by the Right of the Conservative Party as her Growth Commission set out a shadow Budget challenging Rishi Sunak’s Government to change course.<\/p>\n

The Commission chaired by respected economists Douglas McWilliams and Shanker Singham demanded a series of tax and spending cuts along with reforms to make it easier to build homes and massive infrastructure projects to transform the British economy in the next two decades.<\/p>\n

It was published as the Conservative parliamentary party was in meltdown over Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle which had largely consigned the right of the party to the backbenches.<\/p>\n

The dramatic changes to his Government and sacking of former Home Secretary Suella Braverman have left him facing fury from a number of factions including Red Wall MPs, Brexiteers and Ms Truss’s low tax allies.<\/p>\n

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Already Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was facing a serious challenge from more than 40 Tory MPs who have signed the tax pledge to vote against any tax rises he may bring in next week’s Autumn Statement.<\/p>\n

The pledge has been led by former party chairman Sir Jake Berry and supporters include Ms Truss and other senior MPs including Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg and Dame Priti Patel.<\/p>\n

Dame Priti is also leading the resistance to Mr Sunak’s plans to sign Britain up to an international agreement not to reduce Corporation Tax below 15 percent.<\/p>\n

She has warned that the deal, which is being boycotted by the US and a number of EU countries including Ireland, will make Britain uncompetitive and undermine the gains made by leaving Brussels control with Brexit.<\/p>\n

But today’s Growth Commission was another shot across the bows with speculation that Mr Sunak could become the third Prime Minister deposed since the 2019 election.<\/p>\n

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