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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
David Bond

Jeremy Hunt delays Oct 31 fiscal statement

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delayed next Monday’s critical ‘Budget’ as he raced to thrash out the final details of his plan to restore the public finances with new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

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 November 17, and would be an Autumn Statement.

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