“It’s going to be rough,” the source said. “The truth is that everyone will need to contribute more in taxation if we are to maintain public services. “After borrowing hundreds of billions of pounds through Covid-19 and implementing massive energy bill support, we won’t be able to fill the fiscal black hole with spending cuts alone.” The source said the pair had reiterated their commitment to continue to protect the most vulnerable during a “difficult time”. Government insiders believe billions more are needed in NHS funding to clear the Covid backlog which has led to record waiting lists. It is feared that without more money, waiting lists will peak much later than the current expected date of March 2024. The warning from the Treasury came as Suella Braverman fought for her political life in the House of Commons. The Home Secretary claimed she was the victim of a “witch hunt” and denied claims she had ignored legal advice or blocked plans to use hotels to deal with chronic overcrowding at the Channel’s main asylum processing center for migrants at the disused Manston Airport in Kent. . He insisted it was “virtually impossible” to house all the migrants as he said “illegal immigration was out of control” and the south coast faced an “invasion” – with 40,000 migrants arriving so far this year at twice the rate of 2021 “Let’s all stop pretending that they are all refugees in distress,” he said. It came on the same day Ms Braverman admitted sending official documents to her personal email on six occasions while she was home secretary, as she published her version of events that led to her resignation for breaching the Ministerial Code.
