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Autumn Statement: Jeremy Hunt warns of difficulties as living standards fall

Jeremy Hunt has warned that families face "real challenges" as government forecasters predict the greatest drop in living standards since records began. According to the...

Autumn statement: Millions to pay more in tax as chancellor cuts top-rate threshold and lays out plan to plug ‘black hole’

The chancellor said he "tried to be fair" and said his plan would lead to a "shallower" recession and £55bn in savings. However, the...

Half a billion of levelling up funding will be lost to inflation, says think tank

The leading think tank for the north of England, IPPR North, has calculated that £1 in every £13 allocated through the Levelling Up and...

Chancellor accepts there is an ‘uncomfortable’ fall in living standards

Jeremy Hunt says he accepts the "uncomfortable situation" that living standards are going down for everyone. Speaking to reporters after his autumn statement, he claims...

Hunt pledges to increase NHS budget

Moving onto the NHS, Jeremy Hunt says he knows how hard those in the healthcare sector work. "The biggest issues are workforce shortages and pressures...

Hunt says NHS must tackle waste

Jeremy Hunt goes on to ask the NHS "to join all public services in tackling waste and inefficiency". "We want Scandinavian quality alongside Singaporean efficiency...

Hunt kicks off autumn statement

 The chancellor is on his feet at the despatch box in the House of Commons to reveal the government's new economic policies. Mr Hunt begins...

Sunak delivering statement on G20

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is giving a statement on the G20 summit he attended in Indonesia. He starts by addressing the missile strikes in Ukraine...

What is the Autumn Statement?

The government is set to announce tens of billions of pounds worth of spending cuts and tax rises, which will affect the take-home pay...

What will be in the Autumn Statement?

We don’t know exactly what the chancellor will say, but the BBC has been told Jeremy Hunt is set to announce around £30bn in...

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