Mark Harper agreed the PM had made a mistake, after Penny Mordaunt said his decision to leave early was ‘completely wrong’
In an interview with BBC Breakfast on Saturday, Transport secretary Mark Harper said he agreed with Rishi Sunak that it was a mistake to leave D-day events early.
Asked whether he agreed with fellow Cabinet minister Penny Mordaunt’s assessment that it was “completely wrong”, Harper said:
I don’t know what the detail was of putting the prime minister’s schedule together, which, as he said, was done some time ago before the election campaign was called.
But look, it was a mistake. People make mistakes. The prime minister has made a mistake. He’s apologised for it. And he’s apologised to those that would have been particularly hurt by it.”
If we were to form a government after the general election on 4 July, we would inherit the government’s spending plans.
Now, I’ll be candid, there are in those plans tax rises. I mean, the personal allowance we all get in terms of our income tax, that is set to be frozen for several years.
Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Mark Harper agreed the PM had made a mistake, after Penny Mordaunt said his decision to leave early was ‘completely wrong’In an interview with BBC Breakfast on Saturday, Transport secretary Mark Harper said he agreed with Rishi Sunak that it was a mistake to leave D-day events early.Asked whether he agreed with fellow Cabinet minister Penny Mordaunt’s assessment that it was “completely wrong”, Harper said:I don’t know what the detail was of putting the prime minister’s schedule together, which, as he said, was done some time ago before the election campaign was called.But look, it was a mistake. People make mistakes. The prime minister has made a mistake. He’s apologised for it. And he’s apologised to those that would have been particularly hurt by it.”If we were to form a government after the general election on 4 July, we would inherit the government’s spending plans.Now, I’ll be candid, there are in those plans tax rises. I mean, the personal allowance we all get in terms of our income tax, that is set to be frozen for several years. Continue reading…
