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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Michael Savage Policy Editor

Chancellor considers further national insurance cut to take heat off Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt during a visit to the Nissan car plant in Sunderland. The prime minister and chancellor are focusing on budget tax cuts to grow the economy.
Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt during a visit to the Nissan car plant in Sunderland. The prime minister and chancellor are focusing on budget tax cuts to grow the economy. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/PA

The government is considering handing workers another tax cut with a further reduction in national insurance, amid desperate attempts to move on from a campaign to destabilise Rishi Sunak by the Tory right.

With frustration within the cabinet that the Conservative party has been unable to free itself from internal warring over Sunak’s immigration plans and leadership, the prime minister and his chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, are focusing on the tax cuts that will frame their election pitch.

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