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Tories lurch right to head off Reform
DESPERATE Rishi Sunak unveiled a hard-right Tory manifesto today as he comes under mounting pressure from Nigel Farage’s Reform party.
Key Conservative pledges in their prolong-the-agony programme include further cuts to National Insurance, anti-migrant measures, a dilution of net-zero plans and a still more severe clampdown on the right to protest.
Having earlier admitted that the government had failed on housing, Mr Sunak offered a stamp duty cut for first-time buyers, with tax breaks for landlords who sell to tenants.
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