Unfunded tax cuts 'deeply unconservative', says Hunt ahead of Budget
Sunday, 3 March 2024 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has played down expectations of tax cuts in Wednesday's budget, telling Sky News his spending plans will be "prudent and responsible".
Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Ed Davey warns that “any tax cuts in the Budget will be a deception and swindle” on the British people. Jeremy Hunt is set to unveil a 2p cut to national insurance as he uses the Budget to attract voters ahead of this year's general election.
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has left No 11 with his family after Labour's landslide general election win. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Jeremy Hunt has admitted the Conservative Party are the "underdogs" in the upcoming general election and that winning it "is going to be very tough". Speaking at the Times CEO Summit in London, the chancellor added that he spent his entire first week as Liz Truss' chancellor "unpicking" the former prime minister's mini-budget. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Jeremy Hunt says he is "fighting for every vote" in his South West Surrey constituency, which has a notional majority of more than 10,000. The chancellor says he thinks he can win the seat but that it is "on a knife edge". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Jeremy Hunt says the "difficult decisions" the Conservative Party has taken on the economy have "paid off", as inflation returns to the 2% target for the first time in almost three years. The chancellor adds, "that would not have happened under Labour" and that it would be a "terrible shame to turn the clock back" if Labour was to win the upcoming general election. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Reacting to the fall in inflation to 2.3%, Labour’s Rachel Reeves says it “not the time for a victory lap and popping champagne corks” as “working families and pensioners are still worse off”. The shadow chancellor insists her party is "much more ambitious for the country than Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt seem to be". Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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