Inside Politics: Boris Johnson dreams up desperate tax cut vow

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There are only seven days until we go to the polls

Shocking, positively shocking. The trailer for the new James Bond film has revealed bad guy Rami Malek – who may or may not be Dr. No – wearing a sinister, mysterious cracked mask. After bad guy Donald Trump – more Dr. Evil than Dr. No – departed the Nato summit in a huff, Boris Johnson was left to pour himself a few shaken-not-stirred martinis and wonder how the hell to get his election campaign on track. Tax cuts appear to be the answer the PM came up with. Jeremy Corbyn, meanwhile, thinks the cracked mask has finally slipped on the Tories’ sinister plan to open up the NHS to the spectre of US corporations. Can he uncover any more fiendish plots before the end credits roll a week from now? I’m Adam Forrest, and welcome to The Independent’s daily Inside Politics briefing.

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