Transport Secretary Grant Shapps and Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi on Saturday evening launched their bids to be the next British prime minister.
Shapps: Strategic Government
In an interview with The Sunday Times, 53-year-old Shapps said he wants to end the “two-and-a-half years of tactical government by an often distracted centre” and build a “strategic government, sober in its analysis, and not chasing the next headline.”
The report said Shapps aspires to tackle the cost of living crisis and make the UK’s economy the biggest in Europe by 2050.
It also said Shapps plans to produce an emergency budget, cut personal tax for the “most vulnerable,” and provide businesses with high levels of energy consumption with financial support in his first 100 days in office….