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correspondent, jonathan blake. borisjohnson and rishi sunak together in happier times. recently, there has been tension over a planned rise in national insurance, with claims that borisjohnson might have second thoughts. but writing jointly in the sunday times, the prime minister and the chancellor have put speculation about the tax rise to bed. they say, we must clear the backlogs with our health and social care plan, and now is the time to stick to it. lateradding, there is no magic money tree. tax cuts could come later, they signalled, and ministers admit this move is a hard sell. taxes are never popular, sophie, they re never popular, and as soon as possible we want to be in a position to lower our tax rates, we want to drive economic growth, because ultimately that is what will make our country successful, but we do face a short term issue, which is that we have spent significant amounts of money dealing with the covid crisis.