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Is There a Democratic Mandate for a Cut in Rating Taxes?

A lot of things that Liz trust promise during the leadership, she's now advocating completely new policies. MPs are saying, well, hang on a minute, you didn't say that during the leadership contest. Do you really have a democratic mandate for that? I think it will go exactly the same way as the cut in the additional rating tax that there will be such opposition to it. The government has the wrong priorities in the middle of a cost of living crisis. It turns out she was interested in a redistribution, just the wrong kind.

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