Pressure grows on Hunt to cut income tax as millions more face paying it

Either income tax cuts or uprating personal allowances would benefit millions of lower paid workers. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Pressure is mounting on Jeremy Hunt to cut taxes in Wednesday’s autumn statement due to evidence that almost 4 million UK workers are to be dragged into paying income tax for the first time.

In a crunch week for the government, Rishi Sunak fuelled expectations on Monday that his chancellor could use his speech to the Commons to launch personal tax cuts, saying the government could now “look forward” to the future after making progress on the economy.