Makerfield MP said he would consider reducing business rates as part of a package that could also include freeze on private rents

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In his first broadcast interview since winning the Makerfield by-election, the prime minister-in-waiting ruled out 'crude cuts' to welfare.

Makerfield MP said he would consider reducing business rates as part of a package that could also include freeze on private rents

The prime minister in waiting also revealed to Andrew Marr on LBC that he has not picked a chancellor yet

Given pressures on the public purse, the Makerfield MP may have to look at autumn tax rises to fund his ‘new direction’

The Makerfield MP signalled he may look at hiking business rates on the giant warehouses, while lifting high street shops and pubs out of having to pay the business rates