Blair McDougall

Blair McDougall

Labour — East Renfrewshire

Speaking in the House of Commons on 10 December 2025

Debate

Seasonal Work

Contribution

But it is in our plan. We have just passed the Budget, which introduces the relief on business rates. Let me return to the theme of “A Christmas Carol” and the visit of the ghost of Christmas past. Let us travel back to when the hon. Member for Droitwich and Evesham gushed about Liz Truss’s mini-Budget, with her unfunded tax giveaway, which he said represented “a new era” and would “help everybody with the cost-of-living pressures”. Well, unlike Ebenezer Scrooge, the hon. Gentleman has not repented; he has not seen the error of his ways and the impact of unfunded commitments. Instead, he is at it again, calling for tax cuts without any idea whatsoever of how to pay for them.

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