we shouldn t cut taxes. it s been that we could only cut taxes once we have controlled inflation and debt. first cut inflation, then cut taxes. and that s why i made a promise to have inflation and the official statistics show that promise has now been met. so now that inflation has halved, and our growth is stronger, meaning revenues are higher, we can begin the next phase and turn our attention to cutting tax. we will do this in a serious, responsible way, based on fiscal rules to deliver sound money and alongside the independent forecast of the office for budget responsibility. that was the prime minister, for budget responsibility. that was the prime minister, rishi for budget responsibility. that was the prime minister, rishi sunak. i for budget responsibility. that was| the prime minister, rishi sunak. we are also expecting to hear from chancellorjeremy hunt, addressing the cbi, the confederation of british industry is, due to address them shortly, we will bring you
hours, it is because of issues around skills. are our university sector is stronger than germany s but 50% of school lovers who don t go to university, the germans have a better system of technical education and we need to learn from that and thatis and we need to learn from that and that is what rishi sunak is talking about in terms of people doing math to 18. part of that is we have less capital investment. germany, france and the united states between them average about 2% more invested in gdp every year. what you will see on wednesday is a range of measures designed to unlock business investment and close that gap with countries li france, germany and the united states and one that i talked about is overhauling the planning system and show local authorities have to meet statutory deadlines or they give you your money back. we are going to unlock access to the grids. a lot of supply side measures to boost that investment. i grids. a lot of supply side measures to boost tha
process that recognition of risk from june 2022, november 2020, when we know the nature of the clinically extremely vulnerable changed to include down s syndrome? extremely vulnerable changed to include down s syndrome? nervtag is a committee include down s syndrome? nervtag is a committee of include down s syndrome? nervtag is a committee of dhsc, include down s syndrome? nervtag is a committee of dhsc, and include down s syndrome? nervtag is a committee of dhsc, and therefore i a committee of dhsc, and therefore its output is fed directly into dhsc. this question is best addressed to someone in dhsc or the cmo, they were not sage questions, they were important clinical questions and important operational matters, but i wouldn t expect them to come to sage, and i do not think putting sage in the middle of any future planner around this would be a sensible action. future planner around this would be a sensible action. mr i a sensible action. thank you. mr jacobs, a
on show for south africa s president, people continue to feel the financial pinch. the government announced further windfall taxes on oil companies and other energy suppliers last week in the autumn statement to help fund financial aid to struggling households. but shell s uk country chair, speaking at the cbi conference, says if the oil giant is going to be taxed more it will now have to evaluate its investment plans in the uk. lets talk this through with sunaina sinha haldea global head, private capital at investment bank raymond james. good to see. so, this is exactly what was the concern and the argument against so called windfall taxes is if you tax the big oil companies and other providers, they won t be investing in the future of renewable energy, etc, etc, and he was the threat coming yesterday in the cbi conference.- yesterday in the cbi
farms into space. electricity could then be beamed back to earth to power homes. good morning. sir keir starmer has addressed business leaders in birmingham setting out his plans to train more british workers to end what he described as the country s dependency on immigration. the labour leader told the cbi conference that he believes it s important to invest in people who are already here, although he would accept an increase in the immigration of skilled workers. our political correspondent, alex forsyth, is at the cbi conference in birmingham.