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UK politics live: Sunak talks up tax cuts after byelection defeats

UK politics live: Sunak talks up tax cuts after byelection defeats

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  • February 16, 2024

PM insists he can cut taxes in a recession and says Conservatives’ ‘plan is working’ despite heavy losses in Kingswood and Wellingborough

  • Labour overturns 18,000 majority to win Wellingborough
  • Labour win byelection in Kingswood

Speaking from the Kingswood election count, Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg congratulated Damien Egan on winning.

“Does it tell you anything about the general election? Almost certainly not,” he said.

Conservative party votes are most likely to come from people who stay at home or who voted Reform. How do we win them back to the Tory family … By delivering things they believe in and that means lower taxation, taking more of the advantages of Brexit, with more of the removal of EU retained law, it means doing less on the green issue that is making people cold and poor, and helping revitalise our economy.”

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