Reeves should U-turn on winter fuel payment and farm ‘tax raid’, Tories say
Reeves should U-turn on winter fuel payment and farm ‘tax raid’, Tories say
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Rachel Reeves should U-turn on the winter fuel payment and become known as “the Chancellor who was brave enough to change course”, a senior Conservative whip has said. Standing opposite Commons Leader Lucy Powell at the despatch box, Joy Morrissey questioned Ms Reeves’ decision to “U-turn on non-doms” but not make alterations to budget decisions affecting pensioners and farmers.
Ms Powell defended the Government’s record on Thursday and described “another week of delivering the change that people voted for”, the day after Ms Reeves made a speech about economic growth at Siemens Healthineers in Oxfordshire. Earlier in January, the Chancellor said in Davos that she would soften the proposed tax regime for people who live in the UK but are otherwise based elsewhere.
It means the temporary repatriation facility, a three-year window where non-doms can pay a discounted rate on foreign income and gains, will be “more generous” than planned. Ms Morrissey told the Common: “As each week passes, our constituents face more and more negative consequences from the Chancellor’s disastrous budget.
“Last week, the ONS (Office for National Statistics) revealed a staggering 47,000 drop in employment in December. “This is the sharpest fall in employment since the pandemic.”. The Conservative deputy chief whip later continued: “I know the Chancellor is proud of being the first female Chancellor, but wouldn’t it be even better if she was known as the Chancellor who was brave enough to change course?”.
