Andrew Griffith: “The Conservatives will always back the risk-takers and wealth creators who deliver growth, investment and jobs.”

Whilst any support for Britain’s hard-pressed businesses is welcome, once again this government has been found wanting on both the detail and funding for this policy.

It is a huge honour to become shadow chancellor for the party I joined as a teenager under Margaret Thatcher.

We will deliver lower, simpler taxes, get Britain drilling again to bring down energy costs, slash the red tape holding Britain back, and scrap the job-killing measures in Labour’s (Un)Employment Rights Act.

Working as a team, we Conservatives will deliver an economic revolution.