Tories dismiss PM’s budget ‘everyday fixes’ as little more than ‘cheaper gherkins’, and ‘an insult to families’ – UK politics live

Removing tariffs on more than 100 products, including gherkins and baked beans, was one of five measures announced this morning before tomorrow’s budget It is not just gherkins where the Treasury is cutting import tariffs. (See 9.07am .) Here is the lists from the Treasury of mos

Removing tariffs on more than 100 products, including gherkins and baked beans, was one of five measures announced this morning before tomorrow’s budget It is not just gherkins where the Treasury is cutting import tariffs. (See 9.07am .) Here is the lists from the Treasury of mostly food imports where tariffs are being cut. Garlic (8% + £100 per 100 kg) Gherkins (12%) Yes, I do.

We certainly stand taller in the world. The terrible projections of doom as to what would happen to our financial sector etc haven’t happened. Our growth rates are higher than our European competitors.

Our exports, particularly of services to the European Union, have actually rocketed. And we’ve now got more trade deals and more options around the rest of the world. Five months ago, Andy Burnham says … I’m not going to reopen these arguments.

Two-and-a-half years ago, a Labour government got a massive majority in parliament saying we will not be re-entering the single market, the customs union, or opening up a debate on the free movement of people. Continue reading...