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Finance Bill

Proceeding contribution from Edward Leigh (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 1 July 2013. It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance Bill.

Of course. There should be a huge health warning on Labour’s proposal. British people should be warned that it is not footballers or bankers

who will suffer, but middle England—people who work really hard to create small and successful companies, who are halfway up the corporate tree and who are near the top of the public sector. Moreover, it is those precise people in the public sector whom we need to incentivise to make efficiency savings, if we are to have a successful economy.

People should not swallow the lie that this is only about bankers and footballers. They can look after themselves in any country—they always have and they always will—and if there is a Labour Government, I predict that they will get richer and richer. We should forget them and concentrate on middle England.

Finally, if the Labour party wants to get back into power it should remember what Tony Blair did. He was its most successful leader ever, because he realised that politics had to be won on the centre ground. At the moment, Labour is going nowhere.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
565 cc629-630 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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