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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
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PA reporters & Hannah Finch

Confirmed: Jeremy Hunt's fiscal plan delayed by two weeks to become 'Autumn Statement'

Downing Street has said that an autumn statement will now be delivered on November 17, not on October 31 as originally planned.

According to a Cabinet readout: “The Chancellor updated the Cabinet on the timing of the fiscal event. The Prime Minister and the Chancellor agreed that the fiscal event would now take place on the 17 November, and would be an Autumn Statement.

“He said it is important to reach the right decisions and there is time for those decisions to be confirmed with Cabinet.

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