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Oct 2022
Harrogate district MPs silent on emergency statement
The three Conservative MPs whose constituencies include the Harrogate district have declined to comment on today's emergency statement.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt reversed almost all of Prime Minister Liz Truss's tax cuts, which were announced in the government's mini-budget three weeks ago.
Andrew Jones, the Conservative MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, welcomed last month's growth plan, saying on his Community News website:
Today we asked Mr Jones, along with Julian Smith, who represents Skipton and Ripon, and Nigel Adams, who represents Selby and Ainsty, to comment on today's announcement by Mr Hunt.
We also asked them whether the Prime Minister should resign, after three Conservative MPs called for her to do so.
Neither Mr Jones nor Mr Smith had replied by the time of publication.
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Mr Smith was critical of the tax cutting agenda in last month's mini-budget. He said at the time:
Maire Crosse, Mr Adams' senior parliamentary assistant, did reply but only to say:
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