LONDON (Reuters) – British Conservative lawmakers and former well being ministers Jeremy Hunt and Sajid Javid used interviews with the Telegraph newspaper to announce they had been becoming a member of the race to succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister.
Both Hunt, who misplaced out to Johnson within the 2019 leadership race, and Javid, mentioned as chief they might lower company tax to fifteen%, whereas Javid additionally mentioned he would reverse a rise in social safety contributions which happened in April.
“It’s very easy why I need to do it,” Hunt instructed the Telegraph of his plans to run. “It is as a result of now we have to revive belief, develop the financial system, and win the subsequent election.”
Javid, who can also be a former finance minister, instructed the newspaper: “We can’t afford to not have tax cuts.”
(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan; Editing by Chris Reese)
