Cost of Living Increases

Debate between Paul Bristow and Tulip Siddiq

Tuesday 25th April 2023 Commons Chamber

[Paul Bristow (Peterborough) (Con)]

Will the hon. Lady give way?

[Tulip Siddiq]

Not now, as I want to make some progress. At the same time, the Chancellor has given the 1% wealthiest pension savers a £1 billion handout, and he has continued to defend the indefensible: the non-domicile tax loophole. Instead of growing the economy and boosting wages, the Conservatives have resorted to hammering ordinary people with tax rises. It is time for a radically different approach.

[Paul Bristow]

Will the hon. Lady give way?

[Tulip Siddiq]

I will make a bit of progress. We need a bold plan for growth that confronts the problems of the UK’s declining economy head on. That is why the Government must adopt Labour’s mission to secure the highest sustained growth in the G7, with job creation and productivity growth in every part of the country, making everyone, not just a few, better off. That may seem ambitious, but Britain has so much potential.