The Latest Breaking News from Jeremy Hunt

The Tories’ ‘fiscal black hole’ is a statistical fiction – let’s have a reality check

The government’s own arbitrary target is the source of this ‘shortfall’, says James Meadway of the Progressive Economy Forum

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2022

Five charts that will shape the UK’s autumn statement

Plans are afoot to cut government borrowing with the economy on the brink of recession and the highest inflation for decades

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2022

Autumn Budget - live: Hunt calls tax hikes a ‘horrible decision’ amid warnings of ‘grim years ahead’

UK faces collapse in living standards, higher bills, tax hikes and increased unemployment

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022

Autumn statement 2022: this budget may not cause Truss-level chaos but it could still provoke markets

Liz Truss’s short-lived government presided over an even shorter-lived economic experiment in “Trussonomics”. As investors responded to September’s mini-budget by demanding higher interest premiums to purchase UK debt, the government was unable to execute its plans. Truss was reduced to a helpless bystander as her new chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, started…

The Conversation · Nov 16, 2022

Sunak’s growth fetish is a problem: he’s heading for the same budget trap as Truss

The siren call of climate-burning expansion bewitches British politics. More of the same will emerge in the autumn statement, says Tim Jackson, professor of sustainable development at the University of Surrey

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2022

Bristol charities and small business owners react as UK inflation hits 41-year high

"Charities are in the most precarious position I can remember.”

Bristol Post · Nov 16, 2022

UK inflation hits 41-year high due to surging energy bills

SOARING energy bills sent UK inflation to its highest level for 41 years in October as the cost-of-living crisis continues to hit households,…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 16, 2022

Jeremy Hunt urged to intervene on ‘lethal’ runaway inflation and recession

Chancellor says he will make difficult decisions in Thursday’s budget

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2022

Inflation hits staggering 11.1% in October as Rishi Sunak warns it’s the ‘enemy we need to face down’

Energy bills drive inflation to 41-year high

Evening Standard · Nov 16, 2022

Comment: ‘A council tax rise (done right) might not be a terrible thing’

Council tax is one of the few tools the Treasury has to rebalance the housing market when so many homeowners are mortgage free. But will Jeremy Hunt choose to use it?

Evening Standard · Nov 16, 2022