Angela Raynor and Oliver Dowden together again – the battle of the ‘gingers’
The two have done it before and today they renewed their ‘relationship’.
It did not stop Angela Raynor and Oliver Dowden talking issues concerning the economy and National Insurance.
It follows hints from the government that it may put up the rate of NI paid by employers in next week’s Budget.
Dowden says this would be a tax on working people, while Rayner asks him if he will apologise for crashing the economy.
The pair are standing in at Prime Minister’s Questions, as Keir Starmer attends a gathering of Commonwealth leaders in Samoa.
Dowden sticks with the rumoured increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions.
He asks if Rayner agrees that that working people will pay when employers pass on the hike in national insurance – “these are her words, so does she at least agree with herself?”
Rayner says the new employment bill will raise the living standards of 10 million workers, and asks if Dowden will apologise for the Conservatives’ “hike” in taxes, crashing the economy and the “disaster” she says they left behind.
Dowden points out that this will be his last exchange with Rayner across the despatch box. He asks if Rayner will join him in paying tribute to the King ahead of the Commonwealth summit in Samoa.
Rayner agrees that she will miss their exchanges, calling it a “battle of the gingers”. She adds the King and late Queen have done a “tremendous job”.
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