Public Spending: Inheritance Debate

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Department: HM Treasury
Monday 29th July 2024

(3 months, 3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robert Jenrick Portrait Robert Jenrick (Newark) (Con)
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The Chancellor is like a dodgy car mechanic. She says she has done all the searches, she gives you a fixed price, you hand in your car keys and then, a few weeks later, she has found all these new problems. The price has doubled, but it is too late—you have given her your car and you both know that this was her plan all along. Trust and credibility are critical to a Chancellor. Why has she been so careless and so quick to throw hers away?

Rachel Reeves Portrait Rachel Reeves
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If the right hon. Gentleman has any chance of fixing the mess that his previous Government made, he might want to start with an apology.