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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Quinn Political correspondent

Pressure on Hunt over tax cuts is constrained by economic reality

Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Hunt is serving under the fifth Conservative prime minister in 13 years. Photograph: Thomas Krych/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

Rishi Sunak’s government is resembling a coalition of different rightwing factions before this week’s autumn statement, rather than one united Conservative administration.

Those listening to Jeremy Hunt in broadcast interviews on Sunday morning referring to the “enormous challenge that we faced when we came in” to office last year might have been forgiven for thinking he and the prime minister had taken power after a general election.

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