Victoria Atkins

I can tell the Secretary of State now that I am not on the side of this Government. While Labour was complaining about black labradors and pubs at its party conference, the Conservatives were listenin

I am so glad that the hon. Gentleman has brought that up, because not only did his first Chancellor extend the freeze, but she dragged pensioners into it. It is literally the worst of all words. Let m

That will not plough any furrows with the farmers in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency whom he has just described as the “idle rich”. What is more, he has got his figures wrong. He keeps throwing thes

I will, and I genuinely hope that he will explain his “idle rich” comment. Go on.

No, if the hon. Gentleman sits down— [ Interruption. ] I have some words about his AI-generated speech in a moment. The Conservatives have the answer: we will scrap stamp duty on primary residences. T

As I have listened to this debate today, I too have been reminded of the chilling words describing Labour MPs by their own Work and Pensions Secretary: “Every meeting I have is ‘who can we tax in orde