I welcome action to cut the cost of energy which is too high because of Ed Miliband’s policies.
But the question is how will Burnham fund all his new policies without putting up taxes or borrowing even more.
Until yesterday, Darren Jones was in charge of DigitalID and the Chief Secretary to the PM. So if he tells people the DigitalID programme was unfunded, he will know what he’s talking about. It’s only one day into Burnham’s Government and already the explanations are falling apart. You can’t use the funding from an unfunded programme to pay for cheaper bills.
Conservatives have set out our fully funded Cheap Power Plan that will cut family energy bills by £200, including by cutting their VAT. We are paying for that by getting Britain drilling and scrapping Net Zero policies. John Healey should take a look at it and steal our ideas.
Good news that VAT will be cut on electricity bills. It’s a simple way for families to save a few quid, and to mechanically help to keep inflation that little bit lower.
But the DigitalID program was unfunded.
The government will have to set out how it will pay for its new policies at the budget.
Andy Burnham won’t take questions from:
Parliament ❌
Journalists ❌
He will from:
Heavily moderated & censored Reddit ✅
Gary Lineker ✅
An unserious man for a serious time.
Wow. Not only does The Times think 0.1% growth is "bouncing back", they also now believe soon-to-be Prime Ministers can time travel. This is gonna be a heck of a ride.
Call me old fashioned, but I don’t believe Parliament should have a 6 week break. These people are elected to represent us. We pay them.
The country’s problems don’t stop over summer.
I find this pretty diabolical.