towards are very favourable towards tax cutting measures. they say see that tax cutting measures. they say see that as tax cutting measures. they say see that as the traditional conservative approach small government cutting patches, boosting businesses and that sort of thing cutting businesses and that sort of thing cutting taxes. unfortunately for the prime cutting taxes. unfortunately for the prime minister, that is not the entire prime minister, that is not the entire conservative party. others have entire conservative party. others have campaigned quite for see for an to have campaigned quite for see for an to deat have campaigned quite for see for an to deal with the cost of living crisis to deal with the cost of living crisis what to deal with the cost of living crisis. what this article does is point crisis. what this article does is point out crisis. what this article does is point out with vos voices from both sides point out
but with living standards set to fall further than in any year since the 1950s, today he faced accusations that he hadn t grasped the scale of the cost of living crisis. but he argued it helped millions of people by blunting the impact of his national insurance rise. raising national insurance thresholds, which is a tax cut for £330 for 30 million workers, and then getting round to cutting income tax, those are all tax cutting measures. we also cut tax for businesses to make it cheaperfor them to employ staff. it s the hardest part about this job, not being able to do everything that people would like you to do, but i can t make every problem go away, but where we can make a difference we want to, and that s what yesterday was about. even some newspapers usually supportive of the conservatives have been pressing for more. many of my constituents in south
conservative mps who like some of the measure he is introducing including the prospect of a tax cut before the next general election are nonetheless worried about the effect on the most disadvantaged, state benefits will rise at half the level currently of the increase in prices. they may not be able to keep up. the chancellor was asked about this this morning and he said he is helping families under difficult economic conditions. those are all tax cutting measures. we also those are all tax cutting measures. we also cut those are all tax cutting measures. we also cut taxes for businesses to make we also cut taxes for businesses to make it we also cut taxes for businesses to make it cheaper for them to employ staff make it cheaper for them to employ staff. across the board. we also cut vat on staff. across the board. we also cut vat on people who want to install solar vat on people who want to install solar panels and heat pumps at home. i have solar panels and heat pum
those are all tax cutting measures. we also cut tax for businesses to make it cheaperfor them to employ staff. it s the hardest part about this job, not being able to do everything that people would like you to do, but i can t make every problem go away, but where we can make a difference we want to, and that s what yesterday was about. even newspapers usually supportive of the government have been pushing for more help for hard pressed families. many of my constituents in south dorset are already impoverished, we have deep pockets of deprivation and poverty and i fear that, have deep pockets of deprivation and poverty and ifear that, despite have deep pockets of deprivation and poverty and i fear that, despite the generous news by the chancellor and the tinkering he has done, they haven t gone far enough. the treasury would point out that many factors pushing up prices globally are beyond its control, but the opposition is accusing the chancellor of making the wrong political choices.
one think tank has warned that 1.3 million people will fall below the poverty line from april, even with the government measures announced yesterday. labour have called the policies a disaster for working families. here s our political correspondent, iain watson. the view from downing street the morning after the day before. rishi sunak had a spring in his step yesterday when he took 5p a litre off fuel duty, and he was pumped when he announced a pre election income tax cut. but with living standards set to fall further than in any year since the 1950s, today he faced accusations that he hadn t grasped the scale of the cost of living crisis. but he argued it helped millions of people by blunting the impact of his national insurance rise. raising national insurance thresholds, which is a tax cut for £330 for 30 million workers, and then getting round to cutting income tax, those are all tax cutting measures. we also cut tax for businesses to make it cheaperfor them to employ staff. it