up over brexit but also the cavalier language he has used around business organisations like the cba cbi $1 billion is not a whole lot for big businesses. but if he really wants to change the balance for businesses, then it is about — or individuals, it is about changing the thresholds at which tax is charged. you might want to freeze fuel duty for the length of parliament, those things cost several billion, and the government has pledged so much in spending it doesn't have the room to do that. so this is quite a small move in the overall context. psychologically, it isn't necessarily about the numbers, it's about the impact that these numbers have, this kind of initiative will have. and fundamentally, he is saying two things here. one is, he wants to give a hand to small businesses and his recognising through the reduction or review of business rates, he hopes to encourage businesses to grow. and if you grow your small business, you employ more people and you inject more income into the economy. therefore you grow the economy. under mentally this is about boosting the economy. but he is