The Latest Breaking News from Jeremy Hunt

DWP warning to millions of Universal Credit claimants

The Chancellor has set out a number of measures affecting benefits in his budget announcement

Liverpool Echo · Mar 15, 2023

OPINION - The Standard View: Jeremy Hunt is right to put growth first

Jeremy Hunt, like many of his predecessors, is not blessed with a frothing economy or miles of fiscal headroom. Consequently, his self-declared task is to get Britain ‘back to work’, starting with today’s Budget.

Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2023

Budget 2023: Free childcare to help parents of children aged nine months and over back to work

Jeremy Hunt unveils multi-billion pound reforms to allow free childcare to be expanded to cover children below the age of three

Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2023

What Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's 2023 Budget means for the North West

Businesses across the North West have reacted to the Budget

Birmingham Post · Mar 15, 2023

What is the energy price guarantee, and why is it being extended?

The Chancellor says the energy price guarantee, which caps average household bills at £2,500, will be extended at its current level from April to June

Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2023

Jeremy Hunt confirms major benefits shake-up for Universal Credit and disabled Brits

The Chancellor shared his "Back to Work" plan in the Spring Budget today announcing that the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) for benefits will be scrapped

Daily Mirror · Mar 15, 2023

Pothole repairs fund gets £200m boost in Budget

The Chancellor said the Government’s Potholes Fund will be increased to £700 million in the 2023/24 financial year.

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023

Budget key points: Fuel duty cut brings ‘much-needed relief’ at the pumps for drivers

The Chancellor of the Exchequer confirmed in his Spring Budget that the reduction introduced in March last year will be retained for another 12 months

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023

Jeremy Hunt announces huge pensions boost for workers - to stop people retiring early

The pensions lifetime allowance is how much you can save into pension pots before paying extra tax, with the figure currently sitting at £1.07million and this was due to be frozen until 2026

Daily Mirror · Mar 15, 2023

£30 million of support for veterans and £11 billion added to defence budget

It has been announced as part of the Chancellor's spring budget

Wales Online · Mar 15, 2023