Replacement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Debate

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Anna Firth

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Replacement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Economic Update
Monday 17th October 2022

(2 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Penny Mordaunt Portrait Penny Mordaunt
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I would suggest to the hon. Lady that it is leadership to take tough decisions in the national interest, even though they may be personally and politically difficult to take.

Anna Firth Portrait Anna Firth (Southend West) (Con)
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The Labour party stood on a manifesto that would have inflicted the highest ever tax burden on my constituents, so does my right hon. Friend agree that Labour can never be trusted to support the hard-working people of the UK or of Southend West?

Penny Mordaunt Portrait Penny Mordaunt
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My hon. Friend is not wrong.

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