The Latest Breaking News from Jeremy Hunt

Hunt’s tax cuts mean austerity ‘more painful’ than under Osborne, warns IFS

Thinktank says £20bn package of tax cuts would be mostly funded by deep reductions in public spending planned from 2025

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2023

Hunt the crap magician can’t escape his own autumn statement illusion

Debt is not coming down. We haven’t beaten inflation. Taxes aren’t falling. But Jezza sails through interviews, believing it all

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2023

Hunt budget means spending cuts will be even more painful than austerity era, top economists warn

Public sector cuts will be ‘more painful’ than under Cameron and Osborne, says IFS – accusing Hunt of leaving ‘mother of a headache’ for next government

The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2023

Tax cuts give voters ‘clear choice’ at election – Hunt

The Chancellor defended his tax cuts after economists warned they would pile pressure on strained public services.

The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2023

Hunt brushes off Anderson’s idea to send asylum seekers to Orkney

The comments came a week after the Government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was deemed unlawful by the Supreme Court.

The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2023

Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement still leaves hundreds of pounds shortfall for workers despite tax cuts

Number crunching shows mixed picture despite Chancellor's claims

Evening Standard · Nov 23, 2023

Jeremy Hunt denies lying about ‘record tax cuts’ claim

Chancellor speaks out after BBC interviewer tells him Tory advert is ‘fundamentally dishonest’

The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2023

Jeremy Hunt admits he hasn’t bought wife present or card for birthday that fell on Autumn Statement day

The Chancellor mentioned it was her big day as he opened his Statement on Wednesday

Evening Standard · Nov 23, 2023

UK households to be £1,900 poorer by end of this parliament, say economists

Warning comes after Resolution Foundation finds autumn statement favours richest 20% of earners

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2023

Suella Braverman calls for annual cap on net migration, saying new figures ‘slap in face to British public’ – as it happened

Former home secretary says pressure on housing, the NHS, schools, wages, and community cohesion, is unsustainable

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2023