Zahawi Offers UK Tax Cuts If Departments Cut Costs by 20% (2)

Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi, who is standing to be Conservative leader and prime minister, pledged tax cuts if UK government departments can reduce spending by 20%.

“That’s what I want to make sure we get to,” Zahawi told Sky News on Monday when asked if he wants 20% cuts in every government department. “That will give me the headroom for tax cuts.”

Zahawi didn’t given a time frame for his plans, and a spokesman later said the chancellor was talking about reducing civil service headcount by 20% -- a plan announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson -- ...