Public Spending: Inheritance Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Public Spending: Inheritance

Deirdre Costigan Excerpts
Monday 29th July 2024

(3 months, 3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Rachel Reeves Portrait Rachel Reeves
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The cover-up was from those on the Opposition Benches. The sooner we get an apology to the British people, the better.

Deirdre Costigan Portrait Deirdre Costigan (Ealing Southall) (Lab)
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While the headline figures that the Chancellor has revealed are astonishing from an economic perspective, does she agree that it is important to remember the impact of Conservative mismanagement on our public services, our NHS, our education system and our national security? Indeed, how can the Conservatives be trusted to run our economy or our public services ever again?