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Kemi Badenoch: “I am not going to announce tax cuts unless we can show how we pay for them… tax cuts are a good thing but you’ve got to…”

On the recordOctober 5, 2026
I am not going to announce tax cuts unless we can show how we pay for them… tax cuts are a good thing but you’ve got to be fiscally responsible.
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Kemi Badenoch
Conservative Party

Editor's note · Context

Discussing tax cuts at the Conservative Party conference.

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