To govern is to choose. On Thursday, the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, will present his Autumn Statement to Parliament.
There’s been a lot trailed in advance about the “difficult choices” he will have to make, but the reality is that for the Chancellor and his colleagues, these choices are not nearly as difficult as the choices my constituents and people across the UK already face.
The Chancellor won’t have to choose not to eat so that his children can have something for dinner; he won’t have to go to sleep and wake up every day in a cold home, and he won’t have to walk to work in the rain because he can’t afford the bus fare.
