Steve Darling

Steve Darling

Liberal Democrat — Torbay

Speaking in the House of Commons on 9 March 2026

Debate

Unemployment

Contribution

Politics is all about choices. Last week, the Chancellor stood at the Dispatch Box with a choice: she could have chosen to reverse the jobs tax that is costing thousands of jobs for young people up and down the United Kingdom. Why she did she not make that choice?

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