Chancellor defends budget before Treasury committee as Andrew Tyrie urges him to take longer-term approach to taxationGeorge Osborne has been advised by a senior Conservative MP to “spare the government a mighty deal of political grief,” in future, by taking a longer-term approach to his tax and spending rules.
Appearing before MPs at the cross-party Treasury select committee, or the chancellor issued a staunch defence of his “fiscal charter,saying, “I mediate it is best to obtain ahead of the curve.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com