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Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook refuses to answer when asked if the government will introduce tax rises to fund the new affordable homes scheme. "We'll set all final decisions out on the 28th of October. We remain committed to the promises in our manifesto – that's no increase in national insurance, VAT or income tax," Mr Pennycook says. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00As you do expect me to say, I'm not going to speculate on the budget.
00:03We'll set all the final decisions out on the 28th of October.
00:06The Prime Minister has been very clear, though.
00:08We remain committed to the promises made in our manifesto.
00:11That's no increase in the rates of national insurance, VAT or income tax.
00:16Where we have made decisions to reprioritise funding,
00:18that's from existing funding within departments to reflect some of those decisions
00:21the Prime Minister has made in his first weeks to give people that bit of breathing space,
00:26whether it's the removal of VAT on electricity bills or that 20% business rate cuts for pubs, clubs and
00:32live music venues.

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