The Latest Breaking News from Jeremy Hunt

Carrie Johnson shocked by Ikea: 'They have everything'

Could John Lewis be next?

Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2024

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

Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2024

‘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

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2024

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

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2024

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.

Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2024

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 · Jan 25, 2024

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

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2024

Excited for a tax cut? Don’t be. All it means is more austerity for Britain

Yes, the tax burden is high. But the chancellor should note the electorate is far more concerned with the state of public services, says Duncan Weldon

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2024

Head of OBR says lack of budget details led to ‘work of fiction’ forecasts last year

Richard Hughes criticises lack of information from government about public spending plans

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2024

Eye-watering taxes are a problem for the Tories – and an even bigger one for Labour

After 13 years of Conservative rule, many voters simply resent taxes, now that they no longer mean better public services, says the political economist William Davies

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2024