Under my leadership, I would start cutting taxes from day one to take immediate action to help people cope with the cost of living.
It is not right to pay taxes now. I would reverse the increase in national insurance that came in April, make sure we keep corporation tax competitive so we can attract business and investment to Britain, and put the Covid debt on a longer-term footing.
I will make the private sector grow faster than the public sector, with a long-term plan to reduce the size of the state and the tax burden.
My plan will secure our future by focusing on economic growth and get us back on track to becoming a powerful, high-growth, high-performance company. It is built on a clear and long-standing conservative philosophy, including bold supply-side reform.
My commitment to this program runs deep. I grew up in Leeds, in the heart of the Red Wall. I was educated at a comprehensive school in the city and went to primary school in Scotland. I got to where I am today through hard work and focus on results.
My journey was made possible through drive, ambition and enterprise. As Prime Minister, I will present a plan that revives these values and is rooted in them.
People want to be free in order to cope, live and thrive. They don’t want the government trying to run their lives or spend more of their money than necessary.
I have stood for core conservative principles throughout my career. I come up with great ideas to advance these principles and have implemented them in six different departments in government.
Time and time again I show that I deliver. Regardless of the scale of the challenge, I pushed myself to get results.
At the Ministry of Finance, I kept a tight grip on the national finances. I would take the same approach as Prime Minister.
In the face of the EU’s stubbornness, I have brought forward legislation to break the impasse in Northern Ireland and take the vital steps needed to protect the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement and to address the serious problems the Protocol is causing.
As foreign minister, I helped lead the international response to Putin’s war in Ukraine and brought in a tough sanctions package that led the world in inflicting real pain on Putin and the Kremlin.
As Commerce Secretary, I made dozens of trade deals with major markets like Australia and Japan that many people thought would not be possible.
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