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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Kiran Stacey and Larry Elliott

Hunt scrambles to raise revenue as OBR slashes scope for tax cuts in budget

Jeremy Hunt pinching his thumb and index finger close together.
The chancellor has been left little room to make the tax cuts he had planned. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Reuters

Jeremy Hunt’s scope to make tax cuts in next week’s budget has been reduced further this week, according to Treasury insiders, leaving the chancellor considering emergency measures to raise revenue.

Recent forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) are said to have given the chancellor less fiscal headroom than hoped, pushing him to consider unexpected tax rises such as abolishing the non-dom tax status.

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