In his budget, the chancellor promised plans to build 'a stronger economy for the British people' after the coronavirus crisis - as he cut alcohol and air passenger duties and lowered the Universal Credit taper rate amid the looming threat of inflation.
"We can look at the taxes and, yes, people are paying more, they're going to pay the new health and social care levy, no-one is pretending otherwise, that takes money from people, that's why in an ideal world I would prefer not to have to put taxes up on people," Mr Sunak told MPs.
"So, you can talk about living standards by just looking at the tax side, I think that's probably slightly unfair because people's quality of life is also influenced by the quality of the public services that they get."His comments come as disquiet grows among some Conservative MPs over the fact that rising prices have left many families facing a potential cost-of-living squeeze.
He continued:"Believe me, the last thing I would do is voluntarily raise taxes. We've had to do that to fund... what we needed to do, right?"Mr Sunak said it had been necessary for the government to take 'corrective action' due to impact the pandemic has had on the economy
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