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
first to gave up at 15 and i think to be the first to admit it was in his forte and that first to admit it was in his forte and that he first to admit it was in his forte and that he did struggle with some of the and that he did struggle with some of the concepts. borisjohnson. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, hopes are rising at some of the 240 people taken by hamas could soon be freed. president biden saying he believes a deal to secure the release of hostages being held by hamas in gaza is near. the latest indication we heard earlier, the optimism from the americans. but the us president nowjoining that by saying he feels that the release of some of those hostages is near. we will obviously return to the us president is saying. qatar is mediating saying only very minor operations two obstacles in the way. israel s ambassador to the us had earlier said, a significant number of hostages could be freed in the coming days, in exchange fo
coming on to talk about say possibly a few days. we will be coming on to talk about later- say possibly a few days. we will be coming on to talk about later in - say possibly a few days. we will be | coming on to talk about later in the year, september, second lockdown and so on. the premise of my question so far has been that there was going to be a lockdown in march or thereabouts, it was just a question of when it happened and could it have been imposed earlier. adopting the same hindsight approach, do you think that in fact that first lockdown might have been avoided altogether had things been done differently? i altogether had things been done differentl ? ~ . altogether had things been done differentl ? ,, . ., differently? i think that if we had had a sealed. differently? i think that if we had had a scaled, test, differently? i think that if we had had a scaled, test, trace - differently? i think that if we had had a scaled, test, trace and - had a scaled, test,
information and advice. we often shared papers and they had asked us about the circuit breaker idea and we sent them the papers, i have no idea whether that is what triggered them to take action or not. just above we them to take action or not. just above we see them to take action or not. just above we see an them to take action or not. just above we see an extract we looked at earlier, apparently the cabinet office are now cautious about putting things to sage, because we publish all. this happened at this time of increased tension. you said you weren t convinced that anything ever came of that concern. did you think at this time you, there were things you might have been asked about but weren t because of this caution? i been asked about but weren t because of this caution? of this caution? i suspect, but i can t remember, of this caution? i suspect, but i can t remember, that of this caution? i suspect, but i can t remember, that i - of this caution? i suspect,