Mel Stride
@MelJStride
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Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. Conservative Member of Parliament for Central Devon. Happily married and proud father of three daughters.
Joined April 2015
Under Labour nothing is safe from the taxman. Not your job, not your home, not your pension, not your farm, not your business.
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The @Conservatives are the party of business, the party of fiscal responsibility and the party with a big bold offer for the next generation. All Labour have to offer is more debt and more welfare. We have to live within our means, and give people hope for the future.
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Ā£47bn saved. Borrowing down. Stability back. Difficult decisions to live within our means. Only the Conservatives have a clear plan and the backboneĀ to do whatās right, by cuttingĀ spending.
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Under Labour, many have seen their business rates double. A future @Conservatives government will abolish business rates for shops and pubs on our high streets. End of.
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We must get on top of government spending. We are the only Party that will deliver Ā£47 billion of savings, to restore the countryās public finances.
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The ā¦@Conservativesā© are on the side of those who work hard - including younger people. Hereās how the First Job Bonus would work under a future Conservative government šš»
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Today the @Conservatives have set out Ā£47 billion in savings. When we say we are serious about Britain living within its means, we mean it. Tough choices. Real discipline. Clear plans.
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This morning I will send an unoquivical message to young people - the @conservatives are on your side. In my conference speech, I will announce that a future Conservative government will introduce the First Job Bonus - a Ā£5,000 tax cut for every young person starting work, to
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Unlike Labour and Reform who want to spend even more on welfare - the @conservatives will fix the broken system. I spoke to @thetimes about my 4-point plan to get welfare spending down.
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While families tighten their belts, Labour and Reform both want to increase welfare spending - including lifting the two child benefit cap. Neither party understands the idea of living within our means. Reeves and Reform are as economically dangerous as each other. I spoke
'Rachel Reeves and Nigel Farage are as economically dangerous as each other'
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The @Conservatives are - and always will be - the party of business, economic competence and fiscal responsibility. As I told the @FT, thatās the foundation on which we will build the economy of the future: stability, lower taxes and living within our means.
Shadow chancellor underlines Tory commitment to āfiscal responsibilityā
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Appalling attack at the Middleton Road synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur. My thoughts are with the victims and their families.
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Scrapping the two-child benefit cap is irresponsible and unfair. I outlined why in the @thetimes last week šš» The UK is in the grip of a cost-of-living crisis, and families across the country are working harder than ever, tightening their belts and making tough choices every
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Scrapping the two child benefit isn't just irresponsible - itās unfair. Rachel Reeves must come clean: whereās the money coming from? Will it be more and more debt, or even higher taxes? The public deserves the truth.
EXCL: Rachel Reeves to lift the two-child benefit limit in the budget with officials exploring options of a new tapered system @jessicaelgot reveals https://t.co/iDnd2KViz2
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Rachel Reeves is going back on her word yet again. She said she would never sideline the @OBR_UK. Just months ago she passed a Charter through Parliament which said the OBR would produce "at least two forecasts a year". It's no wonder the Chancellor wants less scrutiny - she
Odd for a chancellor who made so much of importance of OBR and transparency to seem to be contemplating reducing transparency & moving UK from accepted best practice by reducing frequency of forecasts. Weāve had 2 forecasts a year for 50+ years. Missing the underlying issue here.
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This morningās news that growth halved compared to the previous quarter is concerning. Yesterday, the Chancellor should have taken the chance to rule out changes to the two-child benefit cap but instead she accepted unlimited welfare spending is inevitable, meaning tax rises
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Rachel Reeves says she won't risk the public finances, but she's already doing that - with more borrowing, higher spending, and more taxes. Labour has raised taxes by Ā£40 billion per year, including a Ā£25 billion tax on jobs, and now wonāt rule out coming back for more. Labour
Rachel Reeves paves way for Budget tax rises
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Great to be joined by ā¦@kevin_j_fosterā© out listening to local residents in Exminster today.
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