Treasury minister does not rule out pre-election tax cuts Laura Trott, the chief secretary to the Treasury, has not ruled out the possibility of more tax cuts ahead of a general election. She told Sky News’ Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips that with the Autumn Statement, the Government has “set a direction of travel to grow the economy, to support businesses and to reward work,” adding that ministers “want to bring that tax burden down over time in a responsible way.” In a separate interview with the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Ms Trott said changes set out by the Chancellor mean those on an average income will have seen their tax burden go down “quite significantly.” She added that those on the highest wages have been asked to “take more of the burden.” Ms Trott went on to insist that the Government is “going to bring taxes down but we’re going to do it in a non-inflationary way.”