Labour reacts to Nadhim Zahawi’s announcement on how he'd fund tax cuts

Pat McFadden MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, responding to Nadhim Zahawi’s announcement that he would fund his tax plans by cutting every government department by 20 per cent, said:

“Nadhim Zahawi is living in fiscal fantasy land.

“Who is going to deliver these 20 per cent cuts?

“Any credible candidate needs to be able to say how much money they would raise and what would be willing to cut. How many police officers, nurses, and teachers are we going to lose? How is he going to deliver this without increasing NHS waiting lists, delays at the passport office, and the number of crimes that go unsolved?

“Hour by hour, these Tory leadership candidates are shredding whatever little credibility on managing the public finances and the economy that they had left.”