AS SERVICES and support collapse and dozens of councils across the country face section 114 bankruptcy, Rishi Sunak claimed today that “you can trust me when I say that we can start to responsibly cut taxes.”

The Prime Minister made the remarks in a speech at a London college ahead of the Autumn Statement tomorrow.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s budget statement will set out tax and spending plans that will set out the Tory stall for the next general election.