Anneliese Dodds – 2021 Comments on Tax Cuts for Hardest-Hit Sectors

The comments made by Anneliese Dodds, the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, on 7 February 2021.

Labour is the party of work and business. We understand that businesses create the jobs and drive the growth that will build the recovery. That’s why they need breathing space, with a targeted business rates holiday and an extension of the reduced rate in VAT.

The Chancellor has acted at the last minute time and again during this crisis – and that dither and delay has created uncertainty for businesses, cost jobs and threatened our recovery.

Britain can’t afford the Chancellor to make the same irresponsible mistake all over again. He must announce these continued tax cuts now, not wait another month and risk even more job losses.