Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including chancellor’s speech at Conservative party conference in Manchester
- Sajid Javid signals he has plan to cut taxes in event of no-deal Brexit
- Javid’s Today interview – Summary
In another interview, asked if he had squeezed the thigh of the journalist Charlotte Edwardes 20 years ago, Boris Johnson replied:
No, and I think what the public want to hear is about what we are doing to level up and unite the country.
I’m just saying what I’ve said. What the public want to hear is what we are doing for them and for the country and the investment in ways of uniting the country.
Not at all. I think what the public want to hear is what we are doing to bring the country together and get on with improving their lives.
I think I would make one general comment. I think there is a lot of people who basically want to stop us delivering Brexit on October 31.
