Energy minister disputes Jeremy Hunt’s £100K is ‘not a huge salary’ comments
“I think £100,000 is a very good salary.”
“I think £100,000 is a very good salary.”
Labour is counting on the unpopularity of the Conservative Party to catapult it into power but in the absence of specific policies and failure to improve quality of life, electoral goodwill will quickly evaporate.
It comes after Sunak last week ruled out a general election on May 2 as speculation ramped up over an early vote.
Hunt has twice sabotaged this strategy with successive cuts to national insurance
It’s not just opposition parties and trade unions that are lambasting the Spring Budget. Tories are too.
“The next government’s energy policy should aim at ending fuel poverty, not managing it, and the money to do it is right there in energy company profits.”
The evidence of past policy failures is all around us. Since 2010, the real economy has grown by around 1.2% a year and is set to have the weakest growth amongst G7 countries.
Hunt isn’t too happy…
That’s the Tory record in office, declining living standards with workers left worse off.
From missed opportunities to ‘Tory hot air’, trade unions weigh in on the Spring Budget announcements