Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Alice Macdonald and Rachel Reeves

Tuesday 3rd September 2024 Commons Chamber

[Rachel Reeves]

I am not going to speculate about what will be in the Budget, but I am absolutely determined to ensure that working people are better off. Under the last Government the tax burden reached its highest level for 70 years, and ordinary working people paid the price for that. This will be a Budget to fix the foundations of the economy after the mess left by the last Government, to rebuild Britain, and to make working people better off.

[Alice Macdonald (Norwich North) (Lab/Co-op)]

2. What fiscal steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reform the planning system.