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| 'I’ve heard a lot worse': Tory backbench verdicts on the budget | 'I’ve heard a lot worse': Tory backbench verdicts on the budget |
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| From hard Brexiters to remainers to universal credit rebels, has the chancellor done enough with his budget to keep Tory backbenchers happy? Here’s the first reaction from Conservative MPs on Philip Hammond’s big offers on stamp duty, NHS funding and Brexit preparations. | From hard Brexiters to remainers to universal credit rebels, has the chancellor done enough with his budget to keep Tory backbenchers happy? Here’s the first reaction from Conservative MPs on Philip Hammond’s big offers on stamp duty, NHS funding and Brexit preparations. |
| Nicky Morgan, MP for Loughborough, chair of the Treasury select committee | Nicky Morgan, MP for Loughborough, chair of the Treasury select committee |
| “Frankly we need to stop talking about his job [and] start talking about all the other jobs being created and move on with that. | “Frankly we need to stop talking about his job [and] start talking about all the other jobs being created and move on with that. |
| “The stamp duty offer is very welcome, I’ve seen a lot of young people tweeting saying thanks very much, and I do think that when you are trying to buy, finding another slug of cash when you are moving for the first time on top of the deposit … is a big ask. | “The stamp duty offer is very welcome, I’ve seen a lot of young people tweeting saying thanks very much, and I do think that when you are trying to buy, finding another slug of cash when you are moving for the first time on top of the deposit … is a big ask. |
| “On universal credit … most of us couldn’t live for six weeks without cash. So actually, help with housing benefit, help with advances, all those things are really, really important. I think what the chancellor has proved today is that he and David Gauke [the work and pensions secretary] are prepared to listen. We want the system to work, there are going to be problems but the government will tackle them when they are raised.” | “On universal credit … most of us couldn’t live for six weeks without cash. So actually, help with housing benefit, help with advances, all those things are really, really important. I think what the chancellor has proved today is that he and David Gauke [the work and pensions secretary] are prepared to listen. We want the system to work, there are going to be problems but the government will tackle them when they are raised.” |
| Maria Caulfield, MP for Lewes and East Sussex | Maria Caulfield, MP for Lewes and East Sussex |
| “He didn’t have a huge amount of leeway to go on a big spending spree but he’s done enough for people who are working hard and finding things tough. The announcements around universal credit are all very welcome indeed. | “He didn’t have a huge amount of leeway to go on a big spending spree but he’s done enough for people who are working hard and finding things tough. The announcements around universal credit are all very welcome indeed. |
| “I’ve always had faith in the chancellor. I’ve spoken to him about nurses’ pay. I think nurses deserve a pay rise and I’ve been campaigning with the RCN [Royal College of Nursing] about that. He has definitely listened to my pleas that if there is going to be a pay rise, which I think there will be, it has to come from new money. You can’t expect the NHS to give a decent pay rise from existing funds. He has listened to that.” | “I’ve always had faith in the chancellor. I’ve spoken to him about nurses’ pay. I think nurses deserve a pay rise and I’ve been campaigning with the RCN [Royal College of Nursing] about that. He has definitely listened to my pleas that if there is going to be a pay rise, which I think there will be, it has to come from new money. You can’t expect the NHS to give a decent pay rise from existing funds. He has listened to that.” |
| Shailesh Vara, MP for North West Cambridgeshire | Shailesh Vara, MP for North West Cambridgeshire |
| “He’s done a considerable amount on universal credit and that has got to be good news, that the wait will be reduced. He’s gone a fair amount of the way and my colleagues may well be happy with that. | “He’s done a considerable amount on universal credit and that has got to be good news, that the wait will be reduced. He’s gone a fair amount of the way and my colleagues may well be happy with that. |
| “The fact is, though, we had a situation before where people had a disincentive to work. What we now have is a system that gives an incentive to work – there is a tiered level of benefits depending on how much people earn and that has got to be good.” | “The fact is, though, we had a situation before where people had a disincentive to work. What we now have is a system that gives an incentive to work – there is a tiered level of benefits depending on how much people earn and that has got to be good.” |
| Nigel Evans, MP for Ribble Valley | |
| “I’ve heard a lot worse budgets. In a number of key areas, this has done a lot. I’m an arch-Brexiteer and have been saying for ages: for goodness sake, Philip, you have to say something about the preparations for two years time. Up until now he’d been reluctant to commit more than a small amount of money. Now he’s announced £3bn and I think that’s brilliant. | “I’ve heard a lot worse budgets. In a number of key areas, this has done a lot. I’m an arch-Brexiteer and have been saying for ages: for goodness sake, Philip, you have to say something about the preparations for two years time. Up until now he’d been reluctant to commit more than a small amount of money. Now he’s announced £3bn and I think that’s brilliant. |
| “I think the chancellor has made steps in the right direction on universal credit. There may still be worries and we need to listen more acutely. The reality is that none of us in that chamber has ever had to live off universal credit. We don’t know what it’s like all of a sudden to be thrown into that position where you have no money for a period of time.” | “I think the chancellor has made steps in the right direction on universal credit. There may still be worries and we need to listen more acutely. The reality is that none of us in that chamber has ever had to live off universal credit. We don’t know what it’s like all of a sudden to be thrown into that position where you have no money for a period of time.” |
| John Penrose, MP for Weston-super-Mare | John Penrose, MP for Weston-super-Mare |
| “We’ve simply got to build more homes, whether they’re to rent or to buy, so they’re cheap enough for everyone to afford. I’m delighted my discussions with the chancellor about overhauling our slow, expensive, uncertain and conflict-ridden planning laws have made it into today’s budget. | “We’ve simply got to build more homes, whether they’re to rent or to buy, so they’re cheap enough for everyone to afford. I’m delighted my discussions with the chancellor about overhauling our slow, expensive, uncertain and conflict-ridden planning laws have made it into today’s budget. |
| “Building up not out will unlock huge numbers of new urban housebuilding sites, and the idea is supported by almost every housing association, so there’ll be enough financial muscle, construction skills and networks of local building suppliers to turn those new sites into homes much faster than before. | “Building up not out will unlock huge numbers of new urban housebuilding sites, and the idea is supported by almost every housing association, so there’ll be enough financial muscle, construction skills and networks of local building suppliers to turn those new sites into homes much faster than before. |
| “It’s also greener, because we don’t have to concrete over more green fields. We’ll breathe fresh life into hard-pressed traditional town centres and create mansion blocks, Georgian terraces and mews houses rather than controversial sky-high tower blocks, so that our towns and cities will become prettier too.” | “It’s also greener, because we don’t have to concrete over more green fields. We’ll breathe fresh life into hard-pressed traditional town centres and create mansion blocks, Georgian terraces and mews houses rather than controversial sky-high tower blocks, so that our towns and cities will become prettier too.” |