The Latest Breaking News from Jeremy Hunt

Hunt avoids ruling out child detention under new asylum plans

The Chancellor insisted ‘special arrangements’ would be made for children.

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2023

How to read the news like a mathematician – from the budget and HS2 to Covid and sport

With the public facing an ever-increasing barrage of sums, calculations and data, here are some numerical tricks and ideas that can help people make better sense of the world

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023

UK racing to secure deal to protect firms from Silicon Valley Bank collapse

Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt explore options to help tech and life sciences sectors

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023

Energy firms to be banned from charging prepayment meter customers more

'We’ve already cut energy bills by almost half this winter, and this latest reform is proof again that we’re always on the side of families'

Wales Online · Mar 12, 2023

Hunt likely to save spending spree for polling day, not budget speech

The chancellor has room for giveaways in this week’s budget, but business and consumer groups fear he will hold them back for the election

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to end prepayment penalties for more than four million households

The move will save millions of households £45 a year on their energy bills, the Treasury said

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2023

Universal credit sanctions regime to be tightened in Jeremy Hunt’s ‘back-to-work’ Budget

Union criticises ‘worrying’ move, as jobcentre staff to be trained ‘to ensure they are applying sanctions effectively’

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2023

Give parents more free childcare in next week's Budget, voters demand in poll

Around six in 10 believe the Tories should massively expand free childcare to one and two-year-olds in England, according to the Redfield & Wilton poll for the Sunday Mirror

Daily Mirror · Mar 11, 2023

Budget to encourage over-50s, disabled and benefits claimants back into work

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will use his first Budget to address the drop in the UK’s labour force participation.

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2023

From Santa Clara to Shoreditch, SVB fallout spreads around world

The fallout from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is beginning to spread around the world.

Tribune News Service · Mar 11, 2023