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He went on: “We can certainly compete with China.<\/p>\n
“We are the world’s second largest offshore wind producer and when it comes to high end manufacturing as opposed to the low cost manufacturing we have four of the world’s top ten universities.<\/p>\n
“Amazing research and development happening here.”<\/p>\n
The Chancellor was doing the Sunday morning political show round ahead of Parliament returning this week.<\/p>\n
On Laura Kuenssberg’s BBC morning show he resisted promsing new tax cuts but also did not rule them out.<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n He told her: “As a Conservative there is nothing I would like more than to reduce taxes.”<\/p>\n However, he said the biggest way to help members of the public was to bring down inflation and this morning he claimed that he is on course to halve inflation by the end of the year.<\/p>\n Mr Hunt also defended spending on new school buildings arguing that the Prime Minister Rishi sunak as Chancellor had “increased capital spending by \u00a340 billion” when he was Chancellor.<\/p>\n He added: “I protected that.”<\/p>\n It comes amid questions over schools being closed at the start of the new acvademic year because of crumbling concrete.<\/p>\n
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