Robert Jenrick said "I could not look the British taxpayer in the eye and impose a tax - another tax - before I had stopped sending taxpayers' money to rich countries overseas." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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I could not look the British taxpayer in the eye and impose a tax - another tax - before I had stopped sending taxpayers' money to rich countries overseas.

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Robert Jenrick

Reform UK

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bbc.co.uk

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On funding social care without new taxes.

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