Net migration hit a record-breaking 745,000 in 2022, according to revised figures from the Office for National Statistics, as its latest numbers showed 672,000...
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has insisted his tax cuts are about “long-term growth” for the economy, calling it “silly” to think they were...
Jeremy Hunt has acknowledged it will “take time” to bring taxes down, but he had “made a start” with his autumn statement. The...
Cutting taxes, cutting taxes, cutting taxes, Jeremy Hunt positioned himself and his party as the party that “reduces debt, cuts taxes, rewards...
The Tories are facing criticism for “sneaking out” a plan to nearly double the amount that can be spent on election campaigning – in a move...
Will the autumn statement make you better or worse off? Use our calculator to see how you have been affected by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s plans for the...
In her initial response to the autumn statement, Labour’s Rachel Reeves didn’t focus on any of the individual economic policy announcements by...
Jeremy Hunt has been accused of “demonising” disabled people after announcing sweeping welfare changes that will strip them of benefits if they...
The pre-publicity for the chancellor’s autumn statement proclaimed it would “turbocharge” economic growth, a billing that indicates a...
The UK achieving herd immunity from COVID was a “clearly ridiculous goal of policy” and “very dangerous”, England’s chief medical...
Here are the main announcements from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement to MPs: The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) predicts an average...
National insurance is to be cut by two percentage points, the chancellor has announced. In a boost to employees’ pay packets, Jeremy Hunt told the...
Public sector borrowing reached the second highest level for any October since records began, according to official figures, casting doubt on the prime...
Jeremy Hunt will claim the economy is “back on track” in an autumn statement that is expected to prioritise tax cuts and economic growth. The...
Allowing mass gatherings in the early days of the pandemic was “logically incoherent” to the public and gave a false impression of...
If Rishi Sunak wanted to walk tall on the world stage, perhaps David Cameron was an unfortunate choice as his foreign secretary. The prime minister chose to...
