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UK leadership contender Zahawi promises income tax cut

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi leaves his home in central London, Britain, July 11, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

British finance minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Monday he would abolish a planned increased in corporation tax and would cut the basic rate of income tax by reducing government spending if he is chosen to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister.

Zahawi, one of 11 candidates so far to declare they are running for the leadership, also told a campaign event that tax as a percentage of GDP would fall year-on-year if he became prime minister.

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