Pot, Meet Kettle: Willis Criticises Spending While Hers Hits New Highs
The Taxpayers’ Union is calling on Nicola Willis to focus on getting her own fiscal house in order and stop being distracted by trivia, like the price of butter, in response to her comments made after the release of Treasury’s Long-Term Insights Briefing yesterday.
James Ross, Head of Policy at the Taxpayers’ Union, said:
“Treasury found Covid spending went on too long and was too high. Minister Willis blames that for fuelling inflation, eroding our debt position, and driving the cost-of-living crisis. But core Crown expenditure under her watch is higher than under Labour – and still rising."
"Any savings are simply redeployed, so overall spending never falls. Claims of this Government reaching debt targets are nonsense until Willis presents credible plans to reach a surplus and get out of the structural deficit.”
Ross said the Minister’s fiscal guardrail rhetoric rings false without action.
“Willis needs to get a grip on the numbers now and stop hiding behind cooked-up statistics like OBEGALx. It’s time for the Minister to match her words with real spending cuts.”
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