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The autumn statement will be another chance for the Tories to offload blame, as if 13 years of failure and cuts hadn’t happened, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Hopes that nearly 4 million low paid UK workers would be able to keep more of their earnings if personal allowances are uprated

Letters: Cutting a tax that only the most affluent of estates pay is politically, morally and economically wrong, writes Thomas Nurcombe. Plus letters from David Murray, Les Bright, Richard Baynes and Val Seddon

Jeremy Hunt is set to deliver the Autumn Statement on Wednesday

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s budget on Wednesday, November 22 will put into place a major piece of the Conservative party’s strategy for the general election – the plan to turn the economy around and tackle the cost of living crisis. But with just over a year to go before an election…

Ahead of the autumn statement, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak set out five ‘long-term decisions’ to boost economic growth.

PM signals that business tax cuts more likely than personal ones as he sets out ‘next phase’ of government’s economic plan

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt forecast to cut national insurance – as PM promises to ‘reward work’

The UK chancellor’s autumn statement is likely to be relatively uneventful – yet extremely significant. Although some headline-seeking tax cuts are rumoured, sluggish economic growth and persistent inflation leave little scope for major policy announcements.