look, the tax burden is now the highest it's been since the days of clement attlee , and that's of clementright place to be in my view for a modern economy type a. one more quick question. anybody else desperate, madam, in front row, the in the front row, the one moment, one moment. i know you want to in there, but hang want to get in there, but hang on a sec. um, hello my name is jackie. i just want to go back to the mp earlier when he sat there said because of the there and he said because of the pension , you know. yeah, being pension, you know. yeah, being able to put that people can now have the hip replacement , you have the hip replacement, you can't have a hip replacement unless you've got a nurse, a junior doctor cleaning staff bookings staff, you know, all these other people take, you know, the surgeon can the operation. but all those are the people so all the people need man. you know, of course it's a team, isn't it? i mean, he was trying to put an spin on the budget, i think, which if you're a conservative of a conservative member of parliament representing doncaster is quite

the tax burden going up to 38% of national income , highest since clement income, highest since clement attleeee. yes, absolutely. is 78. but you must be worried about conservatives reputation for paying conservatives reputation for paying a low tax. and indeed fiscally competent party. it's not the business anymore, is it? what? what what really annoys me is this country , less than 1% of is this country, less than 1% of the world's population has been the world's population has been the or third largest attract of inward investment in the world. and now we're losing that for being a the best place . invest being a the best place. invest the city of london, one of the top two financial centres in the world. our tax rates have to be attractive. our business environment has to be attractive. otherwise businesses will vote with their feet as we're seeing right on listing, we're seeing right on listing, we lose arm a company for nominal terms became cambridge university cambridge that co cambridge ecosystem is listing in america. yes small firms pay corporation tax . i mean the corporation tax. i

is a 70 you know, the tax burden is a 70 year high, the highest since clement post—war labour clement attlee'ses out there who government, there are an awful lot suffering. ises out there who government, there are an awful lot suffering. and)ut there who government, there are an awful lot suffering. and it'sthere who government, there are an awful lot suffering. and it'stherejusto are suffering. and it's not just the beasts who corporation the big beasts who corporation tax city titans. the bigger tax the city titans. the bigger companies can actually take advantage of in fairness to jeremy hunt. the tax allowances he has put forward. so if you in your business by equipment and so on, you can fully expense it. you can offset it against your tax bill. corporate tax will be 100, but the smaller companies will be paying 19% and then going up to 25. so 250 grand, they make those big investments. they haven't deep pockets. they can't borrow money to take advantage of those capital allowance . i wouldn't be allowance. i wouldn't be surprised, patrick, if tax the rates we've just the first rise since

it's been now since clement attlee. just the second world war. i think . just the second world war.ust the second world war. i think . that's particularly good think. that's particularly good for the british economy . so for the british economy. so i personally hope that taxes soon come down and that will help to growth because thank you very much as ever liam halligan our economics and business editor with on the money. so just when we might the whole strike we might the whole the strike season was down junior doctors have announced that they will walk out for 96 hours next month. recent pay talks have failed to reach a resolution the bma states that the government have not made any credible offer and they will not stop and that they will not stop until paid. they are until are paid. what they are they're demanding so sit down, ladies and gentlemen, if you're of a weak disposition to anything. just. just take a little seat. now they are demanding a 35% pay rise. yes, the government called their demands unreasonable .joining me demands unreasonable. joining me now is the sunday expr