Tory MP (and member of the Treasury Select Committee) David Ruffley:
“Even if we can’t find the money for tax cuts from public spending savings, we could add it to the deficit and it is not going to send the markets into a tizzy, I don’t think anyone really believes that. “
Except…the Chancellor?


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