There is no getting around the fact that these are awkward times for fiscal conservatives, such as myself. It has never been harder to make the case for lower taxes. We have the largest national debt for half a century as we come out of the worst recession for three hundred years, with zero political appetite for public spending cuts.
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Anthony Browne MP is a member of the Treasury Select Committee, a former economics correspondent for the BBC and former CEO of the British Bankers’ Association.
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