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The Latest Breaking News from Jeremy Hunt

Gordon Brown slams ‘obscene’ levels of destitution in the UK

Former PM criticises ministers for ‘moral outrage’ of ‘systematically shredding’ social security system

The Guardian - UK

UK Prime Minister Faces Pressure to Apologize for Transgender Remark

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces criticism for a remark about transgender people, causing controversy and calls for an apology.

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OPINION - The Standard View: Scrap the tourist tax in your Budget, Mr Hunt

It costs money, jobs and drives foreign visitors away from London: apart from that, the tourist tax is a fine piece of Treasury policy. So it is with great relief that retail, hospitality and leisure businesses across the capital have greeted reports that the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has ordered a…

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Hunt knows he must scrap the ‘tourist tax’. But the politics are tricky

City Comment: The OBR might offer the Chancellor a way to present his U-turn as in the interests of UK plc as a whole, not just London

Evening Standard

Jeremy Hunt urged to scrap 'tourist tax' within weeks in Budget and give London significant economic boost

Jeremy Hunt was urged on Monday to scrap the “tourist tax” within weeks and give London a significant economic boost.

Evening Standard

Penury and decay mark Brexit’s miserable anniversary

Four years after leaving, and with more self-harm in prospect, austerity is eating away at Britain. Where is the indignation?

The Guardian - UK

It’s time for Labour to kick back against the Tory attacks. This is where it should start

Why is £28bn of green spending endlessly scrutinised while the Conservatives get a free pass on their new round of painful austerity, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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DWP benefit cap: what is it and is it changing?

Some benefits will increase in April, but what does that mean for those impacted by the benefit cap?

Evening Standard

Labour rules out raising corporation tax above 25% in next parliament

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves tells business summit of measures to boost investment, productivity and certainty

The Guardian - UK

Starmer says Labour would level up workers’ rights in way not attempted for decades – as it happened

Labour leader tells conference that reforms ‘may not please everyone in room’

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt plays down talk of spring budget tax cut after IMF warning

Chancellor says less room now for spring giveaway despite being widely thought to be gearing up for cuts

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s tax plans: stop trying to buy votes

Editorial: The IMF is right: Downing Street is taking a foolish risk by putting tax cuts before public spending

The Guardian - UK

Labour has one big spending plan, and it is making a hash of it. It must communicate better than this

The only real problem with the green prosperity fund is its name. It is an industrial strategy. Name it plainly and sell it, says political strategist John McTernan

The Guardian - UK

IMF cautions against UK cutting taxes in upcoming Budget

The country needs the money to invest in public services and get the national debt under control, the International Monetary Fund said

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Carrie Johnson shocked by Ikea: 'They have everything'

Could John Lewis be next?

Evening Standard

The tourist tax puts off up to two million people a year from visiting the UK, says new report

Jeremy Hunt has said in the Autumn Statement he would "look again" at the pros and cons of the tax perk

The Guardian - UK

‘I detest bullies’: Dr Rachel Clarke on Jeremy Hunt, government lies and the long legacy of Covid

The ‘industrial scale of death’ on the Covid frontline left Clarke and her colleagues traumatised and underpaid while the powerful partied and profited. Now, her pandemic memoir is coming to TV with the help of Jed Mercurio

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Governments facing wipeout will always cut taxes but there are better uses for UK’s £20bn windfall

Instead, Jeremy Hunt could shelve plan to cut public investment or repair welfare safety net

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Chancellor considers further national insurance cut to take heat off Rishi Sunak

Jeremy Hunt targets further reduction in ‘jobs tax’ in March budget

The Guardian - UK

What state are government finances in and what legacy is Reeves likely to inherit?

Hunt has steadied the ship, but some may question whether there is really fiscal room for tax cuts

Evening Standard

OPINION - Tax cuts in this economy? This Tory obsession is a fiscal scorched earth strategy aimed at Labour

How can a nation that has enjoyed no productivity growth in 15 years, is still reeling from the economic shocks of Brexit, Covid and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and where debt is equivalent to 100 per cent of GDP, afford sweeping tax cuts? The short answer is: it can’t.…

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Sunak to cut taxes twice more before election, says Tory chair

Richard Holden signals further cuts likely as he plays down polls showing party trailing Labour

Evening Standard

Britain faces a 'nasty combination' of high tax and tight public spending after the next election, experts warn

Britain faces a “nasty combination” of high tax and tight public spending after the next general election, leading economists warned on Friday as doubts grew over Jeremy Hunt’s room for Budget giveaways.

The Guardian - UK

The endgame looms for Sunak and the Tories. ‘Rwanda’ will be the epitaph on their political grave

If he has any concern for his reputation, the PM will shelve this doomed mistake and do everything to rescue public services, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Labour and Tories need to be honest about economic trade-offs, says IFS

Thinktank calls on parties to ‘level’ with voters about difficult tax and spending decisions before next election

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