Sajid Javid – I gave Boris the benefit of the doubt again and again
The starting gun has been fired in the race for the next Prime Minister. Ten Conservatives have already thrown their hat into the ring, with Penny Mordaunt becoming the latest to declare as of this morning. Sophie Raworth spoke to the man who kicked off this process – the now former Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who resigned his post on Tuesday, being shortly followed by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak. She asked him if their resignations had been co-ordinated in order to bring the ‘Big Dog’ down:
Tax cuts needed to avoid ‘low growth trap’
The interview turned to Javid’s pitch for the leadership, and Javid outlined his case for urgent tax cut, which he insisted were ‘essential’ for the economy to grow:
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