Shapps defends Tory tax and spend plans after experts expressed 'scepticism'

One of the main ways Rishi Sunak plans to fund the tax cuts is through cutting welfare by £12bn, alongside measures like cracking down on tax avoidance and evasion, and cutting the civil service.

Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, has said that while cutting taxes is possible, making up the money through cuts to welfare and the civil service is very uncertain.

Asked about Mr Johnson's "scepticism", Defence Secretary Grant Shapps insisted that welfare cuts will not be "particularly difficult".

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