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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Abbi Garton-Crosbie

Critics of UK tax cut plans 'don't believe in Britain' says Tory party chairman

CRITICS of Liz Truss's tax cuts "don't believe in Britain" and are the same people who "attacked Brexit", the Tory party chairman has claimed. 

Despite a YouGov poll finding that seven in 10 Tory voters don't approve of the plans which disproportionately benefit high-earners, Jake Berry, MP for Rossendale and Darwen, brushed off disapproval of the policies.

Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's budget, which included the unpopular move of scrapping the banker's bonuses cap and dropping an incoming hike to corporation tax, has raised eyebrows among economic experts in the US who have suggested the pound could fall below the euro and dollar. 

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