BORIS Johnson’s new policy chief has vowed to “rapidly cut taxes” as part of a Thatcherite reset.
Andrew Griffith, who was promoted to head of No10’s policy unit last week, said it was his main mission to “let everyone keep more of their own money”.
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His vision for a “competitively regulated, low tax and high skills economy” is a slab of red meat to Tory MPs complaining about the PM’s drift from core Conservative values.
Lots are furious he is pushing ahead with hikes to National Insurance just as the cost of living bites.
Scrambling to avoid a leadership contest, the embattled PM is now promising to listen to Tory MPs more, with Mr Griffith a key link between backbenchers and No10.
And BoJo’s former parliamentary aide today laid down his first statement of intent in the new role.
He wrote for the ConHome website: “You would not know it from the media headlines, but families want to hear about our plans to grow employment, tackle the NHS backlog, control our borders, make their streets safer, bring down the cost of living and return rapidly to the point when we can cut taxes to let everyone keep more of their own money – all policies that are rooted in strong Conservative values.”
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He said his old job as a Sky exec taught him a competitively regulated, low tax and high skills economy is the recipe for success.
He also lavishes praise on tax-cutting Tory heroine Margaret Thatcher, who “confounded pessimists” and radically improved Britain.
Despite hiking taxes to a peacetime record to pay for the pandemic, both the PM and Rishi Sunak have vowed to cut taxes before the next election.
Senior Tory Tom Tugenhadt today joined the legions of voices calling for the NICs rise to either be delayed or scrapped altogether.
He said: “My suggestion is to look at other ways. We’re relying an awful lot on today’s taxpayers to pay for today’s social care needs.”
Mr Griffith, also the Tory MP for Arundel, was promoted following the departure of Johnson loyalist Munira Mirza.
Ms Mirza quit in anger at the PM’s “scurrilous attack” on Sir Keir Starmer, who he claimed had failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile when he was director of public prosecutions.
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