Nigel Farage walks back on tax cut pledges

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : " Conservative shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride said Reform could not be taken seriously on the economy "when their promises disintegrate after five minutes, and they remain committed to extra welfare spending and a huge expansion of the state".
44% : " The MP for Clacton said stringent banking regulations had led to banks "not being able to act as they should," changes which spawned the booming private credit market that "will come back to bite us very, very hard." "Markets need sensible regulation that users can trust...they don't need a whole lot more than that.
41% : Nigel Farage has abandoned several major tax cut pledges as the Reform leader predicted an "economic collapse" would trigger a general election as soon as 2027.
41% : "We can't have massive tax cuts until the markets can see we've at least got these things in hand.
40% : Farage distanced himself from the party's previous promise to introduce tax cuts worth £90bn, including by raising the tax-free personal allowance to £20,000, blaming the u-turn on ballooning government debt.
38% : A party spokesperson said: "We've seen from the councils Reform run that they've failed to deliver the savings they already promised and are cutting services and raising taxes as a result.
37% : " In his pitch to the City, Farage pledged to pare back financial services regulation, including reversing onerous EU rules anti-money laundering rules, which he said had led to hundreds of thousands of Brits to be "debanked.

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