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Rishi Sunak to tour the UK with 'town hall' meetings to declare his progress on the economy and stopping the boats in New Year fightback

Rishi Sunak will declare next week that he is making 'good progress' on turning round the economy and stopping the boats.

In a new year fightback, he is planning a series of 'town hall' meetings across the country to hammer home his success in meeting a self-imposed target to halve inflation this year.

The Prime Minister will also point to a 2p cut in National Insurance, which takes effect next week, as evidence that the Tories are finally returning to their tax-cutting approach.

And he will highlight figures showing that illegal Channel crossings are down by more than a third in a year when illegal migration has risen across Europe.