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Joined January 2026
Andrew Griffith is right – and it's the same point I made in the Telegraph last year: restore VAT-free shopping, scrap the non-dom rule and start signposting that Britain is open for business again. telegraph.co.uk/gift/3f82a49…
Since the UK scrapped tax-free shopping, visitor spending is down. Why visit Britain when you can shop for less in Milan or Paris? The world doesn't owe us a living - we need to compete. I will bring that mindset as Chancellor to help grow our economy.
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I’ve written a comment piece for today’s The Times. 10 yrs ago I launched a scheme to employ ex-offenders. It turned my hair grey, but we kept people off the streets, put people on the tax roll and provided purpose to the disenfranchised.
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A reminder why this govt is failing. Desperate for pro-business optics, @UKLabour backed a plan to demolish a fine Art Deco building and replace it with mediocrity. New buildings should always improve what stood before. I wrote about it for @Spectator: spectator.com/article/its-no…
Does feel mad to tear this piece of history down and replace it with anywhere architecture
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