Next up is Jeremy Hunt as blockbuster week for the economy heads into the Autumn Statement

After turning his back on Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s ‘mini’-Budget, the new Chancellor is due to set out his own plans (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

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It’s a blockbuster week for the economy, with a series of set-piece events that will help define the rest of 2022, as Londoners brace for a tough winter with a recession already potentially underway.

Next up is ChancellorJeremy Hunt, with his Autumn Statement on the country’s finances., in what could prove to be the main event of the week. The man who took a wrecking ball to the short-lived government of Liz Truss and its “mini”-Budget, which caused a run on UK financial assets and led to Rishi Sunak moving into Downing Street.