
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt making an emergency statement to the Commons on Monday on his tax and spend plans
(Picture: PA Wire)Jeremy Hunt’s huge task to salvage the Tories shredded reputation on managing the economy, tax, pensions and the cost-of-living crisis was laid bare on Monday by a poll showing Labour significantly ahead on all these issues.
As Liz Truss battles to stay Prime Minister just 42 days since entering No10, the Ipsos survey for the Standard revealed the full scale of the whirlwind of damage to the Tory party wreaked by Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget.