National Insurance cut; pensions and benefits increased. But is that enough to distract from sluggish growth and the rising cost of living?
Will it work? Will that £450 a year national insurance giveaway save the government’s bacon? No, and not just because voters know they are still paying more tax while their food bills are up 28% and average weekly earnings only up by 14% in the last two years. Far, far too late now for any bogus “turning the corner” boasts to save this government’s skin.
Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist
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