the front not when you look at that graph, on the front page of the telegraph, it shows the front page of the telegraph, it shows you the front page of the telegraph, it shows you what is happening, even 5how5 you what is happening, even though shows you what is happening, even though this shows you what is happening, even though this is a conservative chancellor who talks about tax cutting abilities, the tax burden tax cutting abilities, the tax burden is tax cutting abilities, the tax burden is increasing and that hit in living burden is increasing and that hit in living standards is absolutely unbelievable. the office for budget responsibility 5aid unbelievable. the office for budget responsibility said today that re5pon5ibility said today that thanks responsibility said today that thanks to inflation the hit in living thanks to inflation the hit in living standards is going to be the biggest living standards is going to be the biggest in living standards is going
put money back into peoples pockets, but instead they have gone down the traditional route of austerity, something we have seen in the last 12 years as pat outlined before me. you mentioned austerity and rishi sunak is keen to stress this is off the back of, in his word and boris johnson s words, doing whatever it takes to help people through the pandemic. i think even the snp and labour acknowledged that was an extremely generous scheme in terms of furlough, then to be hit by the war in ukraine, that steps have been taken to mitigate to some extent the pain you re talking about so do you have some sympathy with the chancellor in terms of the step he took? i chancellor in terms of the step he took? ~ ., chancellor in terms of the step he took? ~ ., , ., took? i think we need to focus on the facts took? i think we need to focus on the facts. the took? i think we need to focus on the facts. the chancellor- took? i think we need to focus on the facts. the chancellor is - took? i thin
he is at central lobby, welcome to you. labour have been saying that rishi sunak has been a tax raising chancellor, but today he has promised to cut the basic rate of income tax by ip in 2024 and is increasing the threshold by which we start paying national insurance by £3000, which is a £6 billion tax cut which will benefit many workers, so do we want to change your mantra about rishi sunak? trio. do we want to change your mantra about rishi sunak? about rishi sunak? no, we learnt three things about rishi sunak? no, we learnt three things today about rishi sunak? no, we learnt three things today in about rishi sunak? no, we learnt three things today in this - three things today in this statement. the first is that we are about to be hit with the biggest hit in living standards on record. that is what the obr have said today. certainly the biggest in the post war period. nothing that was said today is going to change that. the second thing to your question about tax is this ha