Andrew Neil Rebuffs Former Tory Minister’s Suggestion For More Defence Funding
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“You cannot afford to do that with a 1 per cent rise in income tax.” Times Radio’s Andrew Neil says former Conservative minister Tobias Ellwood suggestion that the government could raise income tax by 1 per cent to raise enough money for defence is “fantasy economics”, after Ellwood couldn’t explain how much money the tax hike would raise. Tobias Ellwood was speaking to Andrew Neil on The Times at One. Listen live every Monday-Thursday, 1-2pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/
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