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Chancellor ignored HS2 value report to help UK become ‘most prosperous country in Europe’
Jeremy Hunt has told the Treasury Select Committee why he kept the HS2 line going to Manchester instead of listening to a Policy Exchange...
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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...
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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...
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Windfall tax on oil giants’ profits to increase from 25% to 35%
Continuing with his autumn statement, Jeremy Hunt moves on to business taxes.He says he has decided to retain the employment allowance at its new...
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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...
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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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‘Ministers have been preparing the ground for weeks’
What Jeremy Hunt sets out later is going to be a stark contrast to the "new era" promised by Kwasi Kwarteng just eight weeks...
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UK households start to receive £324 cost-of-living payments into bank accounts
Almost one in four families across the UK will receive £324 from the government this month as the latest Cost of Living Payments are...
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Sunak and his chancellor have a series of difficult decisions to take on tax and spending
It's sort of discombobulated because we've been just running 100 miles an hour.It has calmed down a bit, but I would describe it as...
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Tory factions would struggle to agree on candidate if PM is ousted – and Truss’s allies take heart from that
A few smiles at cabinet this morning, as the chancellor was set to deliver a tough message-spending cut are on the way, and every...
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