Thank you to the thousands who have responded to John Cope's local budget survey. John met with Jeremy Hunt to discuss the replies and make sure your views are fed into the budget which is still being finalised. The main themes John shared were:
- support for tax cuts for lower & middle earners (but tackling inflation remains the top priority);
- strong support for defence spending & Ukraine;
- keep fuel duty down;
- keep protecting public services, especially education & the NHS; and
- a commitment to increasing inheritance tax thresholds in the future (recognising the public finances still need to recover from pandemic spending, furlough, & energy bill support etc).
Disagree, or want to add something? There's still time to respond here: https://www.johncope.uk/your-priorities-budget.