Revealed: rightwing ‘slash and burn’ ideas that could be blueprint for Truss
by Pippa Crerar Political editor from Economics | The Guardian on (#64EYY)
Exclusive: Free Market Forum suggests scrapping free childcare hours and abolishing corporation tax
A free-market thinktank with close links to Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng has drawn up a blueprint of slash and burn" ideas that could form the basis of the government's supply-side reform programme to be set out in coming weeks.
The document from the Free Market Forum (FMF), an offshoot of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), suggests scrapping free childcare hours, releasing green belt land for housing, abolishing corporation tax and dropping teacher training qualifications for graduates.
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