James Murray

As the hon. Gentleman will know, the Chancellor makes decisions on fiscal policy at fiscal events, including the one that we had just two weeks ago. Before I close, I would briefly like to address the

The Chancellor takes decisions on fiscal policy at fiscal events, as my hon. Friend will know, but the employment allowance increase applies broadly across different sectors and parts of the economy,

The VAT cut would apply to the headline rate of VAT for hospitality across businesses of all sizes as proposed, but targeted support is available in England through the business rates system by cuttin

Given we have a 4.30 pm cut-off, I had better make some progress. As the Minister responsible for the tax system, I have to consider the wider fiscal implications. VAT is one of the UK’s largest sourc

I am sorry to hear from the hon. Member about the challenges that the business in her constituency is facing. Let me be clear on the point I made so that there is no misunderstanding: if there were a

The hon. Lady is shaking her head, implying that no pubs in her constituency benefit from that. I will happily check and get back to her to confirm that the 20% cut does apply in her constituency. Als