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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joe Sommerlad and Andy Gregory

How did chancellor Jeremy Hunt make his money?

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Jeremy Hunt has unveiled a crackdown on benefits and tax cuts in his first autumn statement as Rishi Sunak’s chancellor.

Insisting that the economy is “back on track” after inflation fell below 5 per cent, Mr Hunt told the Commons on Wednesday he was introducing “110 different measures to help grow the British economy”.

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