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Thatcher ministers turn on Liz Truss over tax cut plans

Jul 23, 2022 View Original Article
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  • Politician Portrayal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : "She believed that tax cuts should be funded either by economic growth that was already producing more revenue, or by cuts in public spending," he said.
40% : Chris Patten, Norman Lamont and Malcolm Rifkind warn former PM would never have approved borrowing to fund £30bn cutsTory grandees who served in Margaret Thatcher's final cabinet have warned that the former prime minister would never have approved of Liz Truss's plan to slash £30bn off taxes funded by borrowing, as Rishi Sunak denounced his opponent's plans as "immoral".
39% : Patten said: "Margaret Thatcher was a fiscal Conservative who did not cut tax until we had reduced inflation.
39% :Norman Lamont, a senior Treasury minister under Thatcher, said: "Mrs Thatcher strongly believed that cutting the deficit came before cutting taxes.
37% : With a bitter row over tax emerging as the defining issue in the race to succeed Boris Johnson, three members of Thatcher's cabinet told the Observer that she would have taken a dim view of slashing taxes at a time of high inflation.

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