Badenoch says Tories would prioritise cutting taxes for businesses over individuals – UK politics live

Conservative leader also called for benefit spending to be cut to fund rise in defence budget Badenoch says Britain needs tax cuts. We need to get out of the way of job creators who make our country richer. We need to encourage risk taking, wealth creation, enterprise. Britain’s tax burden has never been higher.

You are taxed on the heating in your home. You’re taxed at the petrol pump filling up your car. You’re taxed when you insure that car. You’re taxed if you take the family away on holiday. You’re taxed if you stay in the UK thanks to Andy Burnham’s tourist tax. You’re taxed to buy a home, taxed to live in a home, taxed to…