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"He's attacking our plans on NI... but when his govt raised NI on businesses & workers, he was financial secretary to the Treasury... & he said it was a profoundly Tory thing to do... I'm quite confused."Shadow Commons leader Jesse Norman tried to slam Labour’s decisions today, noting there had been “no compensation whatsoever has been offered for this tax raid”.
He then bizarrely claimed the “desolate, chaotic landscape with wreckage strewn everywhere” of the film franchise Mad Max is the “perfect metaphor for the government’s recent Budget”.She said: “Mr Speaker I know that the shadow leader is fairly new to opposition, like most of his colleagues, but I might gently say to him that the idea of opposition is to oppose the government not his own record and his own previous government.
Norman held several ministerial roles in the last government, including in the Treasury under both Theresa May and Boris Johnson.Powell continued: “When I checked the records Mr Speaker, I did notice that when his government raised NICs , not just on businesses, but on workers as well, he was actually the financial secretary to the Treasury.‘profoundly Conservative thing to do’.
“So, he seemed to be for it then and against it now. I’m not quite sure what his position is, I’m quite confused about that.” Labour have been reminding any Tories who held a ministerial role in the last government of their past whenever they have tried to land a blow on their new policies.on Tuesday by telling her “the job of opposition is to oppose the government, not yourself” after she tried to criticiseRachel Reeves Pledges Not To Put Up Any More Taxes After Budget Backlash
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