Hampshire MPs respond to mini-budget as Liz Truss admits mistakes but stands by tax-cutting package

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "Notwithstanding the fact the top rate of tax was 40p for the entire period of the last Labour Government, to cut it back now as announced last week was tin-eared and extremely politically naive.
47% : "I support the cut in the basic rate of income tax to 19p in the pound from April 2023 - which will mean 31 million working people will be better off by an average of £170 per year - and the reversal of the 1 per cent National Insurance hike was well trailed and I suppose few residents or the businesses who had to pay it locally will complain about a little more money in their pockets right now.
36% : This comes as Ms Truss acknowledged mistakes over the widely-contested plan but said she is standing by her tax-cutting measures as she refused to rule out public spending cuts.
34% : The move to axe the top rate of income tax for the nation's highest earners during a cost-of-living crisis and to pay for it through borrowing has been widely criticised, including by some Tory MPs.

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