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The Latest Breaking News from Jeremy Hunt

Hunt’s pension ‘pot for life’ idea would be nightmare to set up, experts say

Proposed shake-up is welcomed in principle but doubts are raised about the administrative realities

The Guardian - UK

‘A vote of confidence’: UK businesses welcome Jeremy Hunt’s tax breaks

Big firms hail permanent ‘full expensing’ – but some question whether it can help smaller companies

The Guardian - UK

Thousands on disability benefits to lose extra £5,000 a year in autumn statement

An estimated 370,000 people will be ineligible for incapacity benefits and forced to look for work, Jeremy Hunt announces

The Guardian - UK

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Conservative MPs urge Jeremy Hunt to go further on tax cuts

Right wing of party says income and inheritance taxes must be reduced, but Labour says growth has ‘hit a dead end’

The Guardian - UK

How Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement budget impacts you - The Standard podcast

Winners & losers - and can Chancellor ‘get Britain growing’?

Evening Standard

Watchdog lowers forecast for sales of electric cars

The Office for Budget Responsibility has reduced its forecast for electric vehicles’ share of new car sales in 2027 from 67% to 38%.

The Independent UK

Hunt ‘will create implausible austerity with post-election public spending cuts’

Thinktank attacks chancellor’s giveaways as OBR warns of ‘challenges’ for councils and services

The Guardian - UK

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Autumn statement: experts react to national insurance and business tax cuts

The UK chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, as announced a raft of changes to the tax and benefit system as part of the government’s autumn statement. They included:

The Conversation

Jeremy Hunt delivers a budget designed to destroy a future chancellor

Jezza had a last throw of the dice and money to spend. He would blow it on tax cuts and let public services die

The Guardian - UK

Hunt’s tax cuts based on ‘implausible’ public spending squeeze – think tanks

Economists said the Chancellor’s tax reductions will not prevent this from being the ‘biggest tax-raising’ parliament in modern times.

The Independent UK

‘Made to feel like a scrounger’: chef waiting for hip operation fears losing £84-a-week benefit

People with mobility issues will be asked to work from home or lose benefits. Christine Espley is anxious how she could cope

The Guardian - UK

Power lines cash a half-baked attempt to buy people off, campaigner claims

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said those living beside new powerlines could get up to £10,000 off their electricity bills over 10 years.

The Independent UK

Five key points of the Autumn Statement: Is a spring General Election on the cards?

CHANCELLOR Jeremy Hunt claimed the economy had “turned a corner” delivering his Autumn Statement – but analysts have cast doubt on whether…

The National (Scotland)

Jack urges Scottish Government to use cash ‘wisely’ and not raise income tax

But Scottish Finance Secretary Shona Robison said the autumn statement had not provided the funding devolved governments need.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Hunt claims UK has ‘turned a corner’ as he slashes national insurance

With an eye on next year’s election, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt began easing the tax burden but it will still hit a record high.

The Guardian - UK

A ‘live now, pay later’ autumn statement – and yet election year still looks bleak

Tax cuts are hardly unexpected when the country may soon be going to the polls. What is shocking is how little of the gloom they will relieve

The Independent UK

Single mother says Hunt’s welfare reforms ‘won’t really help people like myself’

Universal Credit and other benefits will increase by 6.7% next year in line with September’s inflation figure, Jeremy Hunt said.

The Independent UK

Tax projection calculator: See how Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement will affect you

Enter your details to see whether you’re better or worse off following chancellor’s budget as he cuts national insurance

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The Guardian - UK

Autumn statement leaves UK lagging on green investment

Climate experts lament a lack of boldness in Jeremy Hunt’s measures, which made no mention of energy efficiency

Evening Standard

Autumn statement: Planning reforms fail to significantly excite housebuilding sector

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has set out plans to unlock the building of more homes, including through tackling a planning backlog, but the reaction from shareholders in FTSE 100 residential businesses looked lacklustre on Wednesday afternoon.

The Independent UK

What Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement means for house prices

Forecasters delivered disappointing news for homeowners as they are set to lose thousands next year

The Independent UK

‘Huge sigh of relief’ for renters after housing allowance unfrozen

Changes on both benefits and housing allowance will come into effect from April 2024.

The National (Scotland)

Chancellor’s autumn budget branded ‘another Tory con trick’

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement is “too little, too late” for households and another “con trick” from the Tories, the SNP have…

Evening Standard

OPINION - Jeremy Hunt cuts taxes – but they're still going up

There is only one activity less productive than watching the Autumn Statement, and that is watching the prime minister's questions that precedes it. Every question even tangentially related to tax and spend receives the rote reply: "I would not want to pre-empt my honourable friend the chancellor". Perish the thought.

The Independent UK

UK tax burden remains set for post-war record high, despite cuts

Nearly four million additional workers are likely to be brought into the tax system between 2022/23 and 2028/29.

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