They want Rishi Sunak to adopt the pledges before the next general election
There should be a dedicated cabinet minister for the north a group of Tory MPs have claimed. They are also calling for half a million new homes to be built in the region as part of a 'manifesto for the north' which is to be unveiled at party's conference in Manchester.
READ MORE: Pictured: Police up patrols with roads shut around Manchester ahead of Conservative party conferenceTory MPs are also calling for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to rule out raising the overall tax burden. The demands form part of the NRG’s Manifesto For The North, which it plans to publish on Monday during the Tory Party conference in Manchester.
With wins for Labour in recent Red Wall by-election contests, the Tories face a tough battle to hold on to their gains in the North, while also battling a resurgent Liberal Democrat party in the South of England. The NRG demand on ruling out tax hikes comes after experts calculated that the Tories will have presided over, during the time between the 2019 election and the next general election, the biggest set of tax rises since at least the Second World War.
Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Sir Jake Berry, a member of the NRG and Tory chairman during Ms Truss’s short-lived stint in No 10, said: “It is not right that the tax burden keeps increasing.
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