The Latest Breaking News from Jeremy Hunt

Budgets resemble the old French saying about taxation — the aim is to produce the maximum amount of fiscal feathers from the goose with the minimum amount of hissing. However, hissing is what a disgruntled and reactive Conservative party does best right now and the public-finance goose is a skinny,…

The monarch carried out the official duty at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday morning

The Chancellor has announced tax perks for second home owners who rent out properties as holiday lets will be abolished

Reports that chancellor will cut national insurance by a further two percentage points tomorrow, as UK private sector growth rises

The Treasury watchdog is seen by some Tories as a block to tax cuts – and could be ignored by Jeremy Hunt

Britain spent about £26.2bn in three years on low-carbon measures, less than Italy, Germany, France and Spain, Greenpeace finds

Jeremy Hunt to announce doubling of funding for research at the Alan Turing Institute

Health spending in England to suffer 1.2% cut, worth £2bn, despite extra costs, thinktank’s analysis finds

Editorial: Instead of sticking to arbitrary limits, politicians should be able to make the case for spending on urgent social repair

Last month we celebrated the 40th anniversary of London Fashion Week. With a technical recession just declared, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt may have had other things on his mind — but he should take notice, and not just for style tips.

Critics say the surprise policy in last spring budget’s was ill-thought-out, prompting higher prices and fewer nurseries