i am announcing today a treasury led review into how we support energy bills beyond april next year. the objective is to design a new approach that will cost the taxpayer significantly less than planned. the mini budget was delivered by the previous chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, on the 23rd of september. it started unravelling on the 3rd of october when the government backtracked on cutting the 45p top rate of tax. then on friday the 14th of october, the previous chancellor was sacked and a pledge not to raise corporation tax, too. then today the income tax cuts stopped indefinitely two year promise on energy bills now and were guaranteed until april. what remains of the plans, the cut to national insurance and stamp duty. the most important objective for our country right now is stability. governments cannot eliminate volatility in markets, but they can play their part, and we will do so,
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there is a great story about the uk. i m confident we ve got the right policies to steer us and i m very confident we can grow the economy in my statement. i m confident we ve got the right policies to steer us and i m very confident we can grow the economy and the way we want to see. some financial statements that come out of this place, the treasury, can feel inconsequential, easily forgotten. this is not one of them. this is a big move by a new chancellor and a new prime minister with not long to prove that it can work. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. the government says today s tax cuts will require an extra £12 billion of spending this year, £37 billion next year, and £38 billion the year after that. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has taken a look at the numbers, and he says the attempt to jump start the economy through huge tax cuts is one of the most significant budgetary announcements for decades. national insurance, worth £17 billion in a year. corporation tax
that s right. i think if you can see that in what has been pitched by the leadership contenders already, tax is the issue that is going to dominate this campaign. already, you are seeing most of the key players offer tax cuts to tory mps, something they have been calling for for some time. there is broadly three camps in terms of what each side is offering when it comes to tax cuts. you have the former chancellor, rishi sunak, saying don t tell people fairy tales, we can t cut taxes radically right away, we have to wait until the economy is in a better place. then you have people likejeremy hunt, saying you could probably cut business tax right now, try to stimulate growth in the economy, but personal tax cuts like income tax cuts are going to have to wait a bit. and then you have liz truss and sajid javid, saying let s make a significant tax cuts now. sajid javid yesterday saying he wants £40 billion of tax cuts every year. liz truss says she can make tax cuts