Updated 05/03/2021 07:46 GMT
The Budget Is Barely Cold, But Has Rishi Sunak’s Mask Slipped Already? Pitiful NHS pay offer could chill the national mood after the chancellor’s warm words.
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If anyone needed further proof that Rishi Sunak is a different kind of Tory chancellor, the morning after the Budget before gave us yet more evidence. On the back of his tax-raising plans, Sunak was asked by the Today programme’s Mishal Husain whether he now rejected the traditional Thatcherite idea that lower taxes generated higher receipts.
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The 100-year-old World War II veteran, who raised more than £30 million for the NHS, passed away yesterday.
We all now have the opportunity to show our appreciation for him and all that he stood for and believed in. “That is why I encourage everyone to join in a national clap for Captain Tom and all those health workers for whom he raised money at 6pm this evening.
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The weekly Clap For Carers initiative took place during lockdown last year, to show appreciation to front line workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
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