All news on the topic: Jeremy Hunt

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Hunt branded 'Grinch' as families spend more on tax hikes than Christmas gifts
Households are expected to spend an average of £279 on Christmas presents this year, but a typical family is likely to be hit with £800 worth of tax hikes as a result of Mr Hunt’s decision to freeze income tax thresholds
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Tory cuts hit schools with most disadvantaged kids hardest, damning report finds
Between 2010 and 2021 the most deprived secondary schools in the country saw spending per pupil fall by 12% in real terms - compared to only 5% for the most affluent
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Rishi Sunak suffers humiliating Commons defeat over Infected blood scandal
MPs voted to establish a body for a full compensation scheme for thousands of patients infected with HIV and hepatitis C in the 1970s and 1980s
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'There is no room for complacency in dealing with gangs and gun crime'
The Conservatives may talk tough on crime, but they put lives in danger by ignoring the causes and failing to give young people somewhere to go other than into the arms of crooks
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Dozens of councils to learn whether they'll have to declare bankruptcy in weeks
This month will see the government set out its proposed councils funding plan for next year, which MPs will vote through before Christmas
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Tories will not restore billions slashed from foreign aid in next five years
The Tories boasted about the 0.7% overseas aid goal in their general election manifesto. But Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said restoring the target in the next five years is not 'possible'.
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Heart attack and stroke patients face 90min ambulance waits in postcode lottery
Heart attack and stroke victims should be seen by paramedics within 18 minutes on average - but NHS England data shows targets were missed in every region in England in October
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Hunt warned new austerity drive risks pushing cash-strapped councils to brink
Non-protected Whitehall departments in England face being slashed by 3.4% a year for five years to fund Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's tax cutting plans, economists have said
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Tory Lee Anderson boasts he was offered 'a lot of money' to join Farage's Reform
Conservative Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson made the claims in a leaked recording but Reform UK said while it held talks with disaffected Tories, 'no cash or money has in any way been offered'
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Campaigner celebrates as 'period pants' will be exempt from VAT from January 1st
Entrepreneur Ruby Raut started her own period pants brand, WUKA, in 2017 - and has been campaigning for this measure for five years
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Brit families hit with £1,410 'inflation tax' in small print of Autumn Statement
New analysis of documents produced by the government’s spending watchdog shows the upgraded forecast for inflation between this month and March 2024 will add £1,400 to average annual family spending
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'There are two Jeremy Hunts - the prudent Chancellor and one we saw last week'
Tory economic ­mismanagement has left the ceiling so low it is pressing on Jeremy Hunt’s shoulders, and millions will face either higher taxes or spending cuts if it is not to collapse
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North worst hit by long-term sickness rates in Tory job failure - top 10 areas
In a speech in Blackpool, Labour's Deputy Leader Angela Rayner will warn that Red Wall seats in the North and the Midlands have been treated as a 'bargaining chip to get into power and tossed aside'
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Cash for school buildings faces £1.5billion a year cut as fresh austerity looms
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled plans for a deep squeeze for public services in the Autumn Statement, paving the way for a period of renewed austerity after the next election
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Tories plot change in next year's Budget schedule in bid to win election
In a desperate attempt to improve polling ratings, Rishi Sunak could hold an early Spring Budget in February so tax cuts have enough time to improve people's finances
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The Conservative government is failing this country on all counts
Migration figures are at a record high, workers are set for two decades of falling pay and it's emerged the rich will gain the most from the tax changes announced by Jeremy Hunt
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Households to be £1,900 worse off after five years of Tories - despite tax cuts
Analysis by the Resolution Foundation said richest Brits are most likely to benefit from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement, which saw cuts to National Insurance that will likely be wiped out by Tory stealth taxes
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Good Morning Britain viewers outraged as guest's 'lie' goes unchallenged
Jeremy Hunt unveiled his latest economic plan for Britain in his Autumn Statement yesterday, with Good Morning Britain discussing what it means for working class people at the start of today's show
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Dishonest Autumn Statement is a see-through attempt to hoodwink voters
Jeremy Hunt's dishonest and misjudged Autumn statement was a clear attempt to deceive the electorate as he claimed the financial package on hand would help the country grow, with all the evidence pointing to years of hardship
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Drivers escape price hike as fuel duty frozen again in Autumn Statement
Fuel duty on both petrol and diesel is 52.95p per litre and this rate has been frozen since 2011 - but retailers have to play their part and pass on the lower rate to customers
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National insurance cut will still leave millions worse off - check how much
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt promised a 2p cut to the rate of national insurance in the Autumn Statement in a desperate bid to turn around the Tories' dire poll ratings
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Hospital bosses warn of NHS crisis this winter as Tories bring back austerity
Doctors said the Chancellor's failure to cough up extra cash for the NHS in the Autumn Statement will mean patients are forced to wait for hours on trolleys in A&Es this winter
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'Autumn Statement pretends to support unemployed but could kill disabled people'
Today Jeremy Hunt said people signing off work sick were a “waste of potential” and that it was “morally wrong” that 100,000 people were on benefits without having to look for work
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All the nasty details in the small print of Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said that the Autumn Statement contained the 'biggest package of tax cuts since the 1980s' but his boasts have quickly unravelled. Here's what's in the small print
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'Tired Tories are trying to cling to power rather than help British people'
Writing for The Mirror, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves warns families will still be worse off after the Autumn Statement as the cost of shopping, energy bills and mortgages all soar