Because if you lose control of the public finances, it is ordinary working people and businesses who pay the price with higher inflation, higher taxes and indeed higher interest rates.
Chancellor emphasizing the importance of fiscal discipline.
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And to every young woman and girl let my time in office show there should be no ceilings on your ambitions, your hopes or your dreams.
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