Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt must rediscover their "Tory mojo" and cut taxes, a former chairman of the Conservative Party has said. 

Sir Jake Berry said it was "completely wrong" that millions of ordinary working people are being dragged into paying the higher rate of income tax. 

A recent report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies found that one in five taxpayers will be paying the 40 per cent rate by 2027 because of a stealth tax raid in the form of frozen income tax thresholds. 

Sir Jake said he believed the Government is "going to have to" change its approach because "taxes are just too high" and the Tories cannot "claim to be the party of low tax if in reality, you're the government of high taxes".

He told Times Radio: "People who voted Conservative in 2019 wanted a Conservative government to pursue Conservative policies and that includes keeping more of their own money in the first place.

"And I hope and believe that as we go through this very difficult period, Jeremy Hunt, and the Prime Minister will find their Tory mojo again and start cutting taxes for ordinary working people as I just think where we are at the moment is unsustainable."

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