London CNN — The race to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is ramping up, with 11 candidates declaring their intention to run, many on platforms of lowering taxes and promises to clean up government following Johnson’s crisis-plagued leadership. His stock sank earlier this year after revelations that he broke Covid regulations to attend the prime minister’s birthday party on …
Tax cuts planned by the new chancellor Nadhim Zahawi are a “recipe for disaster” that risk stoking more price rises and pushing inflation even higher while failing to boost the UK’s crumbling economy, experts have warned. “The important thing is to get inflation under control, be fiscally responsible,” Mr Zahawi told Sky News, adding: “The most important thing is to …