Labour’s plans to get people off benefits and into work are set to fail given the party’s anti-business agenda, Esther McVey has warned.The Tatton MP said the decision to increase employer national insurance contributions coupled with rises in wages and business rates, had already seen some bu
Last week I attended the re-opening of Nationwide in Knutsford which has just undergone a refurbishment and is now fully re-opened following a short closure. It makes a pleasant surprise for a bank to have a commitment to the high street and it is most welcomed. Since 2018 Knutsford's bran
Esther McVey has launched a scathing attack on government claiming Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ economic decisions will sound the death knell for family businesses and enterprise in the UK.The Tatton MP said despite wanting to be remembered as the country’s first female Chancellor, Ms Reeves’ legacy wo
Esther McVey has called for changes to banking regulations to ensure banks remain a fixture on local high streets. For banks to operate in the UK they need a licence but there is no requirement on them to keep branches open – something the Tatton MP Esther wants to change.She said part of the c
Cheshire Police will be forced to find millions of pounds of additional cash as a result of the government’s tax raid, Esther McVey has uncovered – money that should be spent on frontline policing. The Tatton MP sent a Freedom of Information request inquiring how much extra the Cheshire Constab
Esther McVey has re-iterated her call for Labour to drop its ‘brutal Family Farm Tax’ which will devastate family farms in Tatton and across the UK. The Tatton MP Esther said her local farmers were extremely worried about what this change to inheritance tax would do to them.Speaking in a debate
Esther asked the Secretary of State for Education what conversations she has had with the Chancellor about the fact that private schools are struggling to get VAT numbers ahead of the January introduction.In her response the Secretary of State said supporting private education was 'defending the ind
Economists have warned government’s inheritance tax raid on farms will cost the Treasury £1billion more than it makes – backing up fears raised by Tatton MP Esther McVey earlier this month.According to analysis by CBI Economics, the changes could reduce economic activity by £9.4 billion and see the
