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Angela Rayner on Starmer, strikes and succession

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Are You Prepared to Take Unpopular Decisions?

The corporation tax cuts are simply cancelling the planned increases that was going to happen. In terms of national insurance, yes, that is reversing a tax hike that has happened but it's only been in place for a few months. So we're basically going back to the status q as it was at the start of the fiscal year. The other interesting thing, just as a ssideba about, you know, are you prepared to take unpopular decisions? Ye, i do laugh when political journalists say to a prime minister, are you willing to take tough and unpopular decisions? And i just think, of course, i'm gong to say, yes, i am.

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