The Chancellor can chunter from a sedentary position, but he cannot deny the facts.
Friend is right to bring that up.
This Budget does much worse things than any of those, such as hugely increase the spread of means-testing. As my hon. The purpose is huge redistribution. In fact, it is a disincentive to do the very things that the Chancellor wants everyone to do. There is, however, a worse problem, and it is on that that I wish to dwell as we conclude this debate.