🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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Last night I delivered my annual Mansion House speech at the Financial and Professional Services Dinner at Mansion House. In my speech, I announced a package of further reforms to unlock investment across the country, increase access to finance for growing businesses and position the UK at the forefront of financial innovation. The Government welcomed the outcomes of the Financial Policy...
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Since I became Chancellor, the UK economy has grown by 2.1% - the fastest growth among European G7 economies in that period, demonstrating that this government’s economic plan is the right one. Growth is the only way to deliver sustainable rises in living standards, and, after falling by 2.3% in the previous parliament, living standards (Real Household Disposable Income per capita) have...
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The first job of any government is to keep people safe. Since I’ve been Chancellor, I’ve been clear that national security is central to our economic security, and we have invested record sums into defence. The government has today confirmed an additional £15 billion for the Defence Investment Plan between 2026-27 and 2029-30. That will mean this government will be spending over £60...
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I am pleased to inform the House that the government’s Response to the Final Report of the Covid Counter Fraud Commissioner, CP 1596, has been laid in Parliament today. On the 9th of December 2025 the Covid Counter Fraud Commissioner revealed in his final report, Pursuing Recoveries and Preventing Recurrence, CP 1462, the staggering amount of fraud and error across pandemic support schemes:...
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2022 to Question 37614 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in Leeds West constituency had at least one construction element in (a) condition grade C and (b) condition grade D when that data was collated; and which of those schools (a) have already received funding from the School Rebuilding Programme and (b) are...
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people worked for the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce in each month between April 2021 and December 2022.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has been made aware of any security breaches in his Department relating to Ministers in his Department during his time in post.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procedures are in place to prevent the use of personal mobile phones for government business in his Department.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide details of any government business he has conducted from his own personal devices or accounts.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the impact of the raising of the projected energy price cap on the efficacy of the cost of living payments.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the economic cost of the red weather heat alert of 18 and 19 July 2022.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of how much will be provided in cost of living energy support for third and second homes.
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