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Jeremy Hunt considering squeezing benefits while cutting inheritance tax

Ministers have already announced a fresh welfare crackdown amid efforts to get people back into work under a toughened sanctions scheme.

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

Hunt warned against cutting tax for wealthy while making stealth raid on 36m workers

Chancellor considers deep cuts to inheritance tax in autumn statement to improve Tory polling

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023

The Guardian view on the Tories’ autumn statement: wrong to reward the rich and punish the poor

Editorial: The deepening cracks in the country’s social structure are a clear sign that voters cannot just be left to face the cold winds of the market on their own

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023

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Price inflation is slowing, but here's why it still feels like we're in a cost of living crisis

The latest UK consumer price index (CPI) data has been hailed as a win for prime minister Rishi Sunak’s aim to half inflation, announced earlier this year. Prices rose by 4.6% in October 2023, bringing the rate of price growth down to its lowest point since an October 2022 peak…

The Conversation · Nov 17, 2023

Jeremy Hunt says tax cuts for businesses a ‘priority’ as he hints at benefits squeeze

Chancellor says businesses take ‘priority’ ahead of autumn statement

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

What can Jeremy Hunt do with his £13bn headroom in the autumn statement?

Chancellor could try to win votes with a tax giveaway, but seems unlikely to improve the polls or the economy

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023

Growing number of Tory MPs join push for carbon levy on UK imports

Charges said to be needed to prevent UK companies being undercut by higher-carbon overseas manufacturers

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023

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Jeremy Hunt weighing up inheritance tax cut in autumn statement

Chancellor considering move after fall in inflation and being told he will have more money to spend

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023

Average family ‘could see council tax rise by £120 a year’

Council tax hike ‘will heap misery on struggling households’

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

Autumn Statement: Government denies it's punishing the poor amid tax cut talk

Inheritance tax rumours swirl ahead of Jeremy Hunt's budget statement on November 22

Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2023

Jeremy Hunt considering inheritance tax cut and business relief in autumn statement

The chancellor has been handed a boost as official forecasters told the Treasury it has more room for manoeuvre than was expected

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

Cameron is no moderating influence. The Tories’ autumn statement will prove that

Sunak has not had some Damascene conversion back to a mythical centre ground, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023

Winter recession fears for UK after fall in retail sales – as it happened

Retail sales volumes across Great Britain in October fell to their lowest level since February 2021, amid cost of living squeeze and wet weather

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023

Rishi Sunak hits back at Suella Braverman as Tory civil war spirals over Rwanda plan

The Prime Minister also does not rule out calling a General Election if his Rwanda plan is thwarted

Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023

‘Flip-flopping’ has cost UK billions in investment cash since 2010, says report

Before autumn statement, industry bosses say more consistency is needed after more than a decade of instability

Evening Standard · Nov 16, 2023

Long-term sickness forcing people out of work and damaging economy, Labour warns

Shadow work and pensions minister Liz Kendall tells Standard that workers risk being 'written off' without support

Evening Standard · Nov 16, 2023

No guarantee Rwanda flight will take off next year, says Chancellor

Jeremy Hunt said the UK Government could not give a ‘precise date’ for when a deportation flight might leave for east Africa

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023

Jeremy Hunt warns benefits ‘coasters’ they will lose free prescriptions if they refuse to take a job

Access to free prescriptions and dental treatment cut in biggest shake up in a decade

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The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2023

Unemployed who ‘refuse to engage’ could lose benefits in Hunt crackdown

Chancellor to launch £2.5bn ‘back to work plan’ in autumn statement aimed at increasing workforce participation

The National (Scotland) · Nov 16, 2023

UK Government to cut benefits for unemployed who are fit for work

THE UK Government has announced a crackdown on benefit claimants who are deemed fit to work and do not seek employment.

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023

Free prescriptions and legal aid to end for benefit claimants not seeking work

Digital tools will also be used to ‘track’ attendance at job fairs and interviews under the toughened sanctions regime.

The Conversation · Nov 16, 2023

Six ways the upcoming autumn statement could affect your personal finances

The UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt will have limited room for manoeuvre when he makes his autumn statement about the government’s financial plans on November 22. The government is committed to supporting the Bank of England’s current strategy for reducing inflation, which involves using rate hikes to slow down economic activity.

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2023

Jeremy Hunt urged not to use sharp fall in inflation to squeeze benefits

Charities say it would be indefensible to raise working age benefits in line with CPI figure for October instead of September

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2023

Only small change needed to make big change in suicide prevention – Samaritans

The charity has said it would cost £1.40 per person to renew funding in England which is due to end in March.

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2023

‘Now, where was I?’ Lord Big Dave dusts off old contacts book to return to top table

David Cameron plays catchup with foreign affairs, old and new colleagues … and his place setting

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