All news on the topic: Jeremy Hunt

The Conservatives vowed at the last election that they would not raise national insurance, but Rishi Sunak hiked it as he took the country to its highest tax burden in 70 years

The Liberal Democrats, which commissioned the polling, warned that the crisis in the health service is damaging economic growth as people are forced to take time off

Amid the cost of living crisis, the rent on a flat Jeremy Hunt lets out has gone through the roof - with an 18% increase that was more than double the inflation rate

More than 125,000 families in Cabinet ministers' own constituencies will be £23.7million worse off if Chancellor Jeremy Hunt meddles with Universal Credit in Autumn Statement

Slashing inheritance tax would heighten the deepening inequality between the have-nots and have-yachts, says Kevin Maguire, adding that Tories have fleeced ordinary workers

Tenants who moved into Jeremy Hunt's ­apartment last summer were charged £300 more a month than previous ones. The 18% increase was almost twice the rate of inflation at the time

The Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson said the country's welfare system is 'possibly the meanest in Europe in terms of how it treats the unemployed'

Jeremy Hunt was shown a question on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg asking: 'Why change inheritance tax when you have the lower paid struggling to pay their bills?'

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is rumoured to be considering slashing the welfare bill by around £1.3 billion by not increasing benefits in the usual way

As Tory Jeremy Hunt reportedly plots slashing benefits and cutting inheritance tax, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled Labour's plan to save working families up to £3,000 a year

Analysis claims cash has been washed down the plughole in failed projects and incompetence - including £15bn on duff Covid PPE and £2.3bn on the parts of HS2 Rishi Sunak abandoned

A Chancellor with his finger on the nation’s pulse would be looking to boost school and hospital spending, ease the social care crisis and support four million children in poverty

The DWP want to scrap specific parts of the work capability assessment that are designed to help those who are too sick or disabled to work

Save the Children UK says the DWP's cost of living payments are being spent on debts and overdue energy bills as they called on the Tories to increase benefits in line with inflation

The TUC and Tax Justice UK have issued a last minute plea urging the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, not to slash inheritance tax in the Autumn Statement on Wednesday

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt cut the duty charged on draught pints by 11p in August, but at the same time increased levies on all other alcohol by an average of 10.1%

The Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is said to be looking at plans to halve the 40% rate of inheritance tax as he prepares to unveil the Autumn Statement next week.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled new proposals yesterday as part of the Government's Back to Work Plan - a key part of next week's Autumn Statement - with Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride

The sacked Home Secretary has suggested introducing emergency powers to exclude "all avenues of legal challenge' in a bid to get flights to Rwanda off the ground

Experts warn the average monthly household energy bill could rise to £220 if Ofgem raises the price cap, and unlike last year there will be no extra support from the Government

Once again, the Government is trialling brutal disability cuts - this time, as a way of paying for vote-winning tax cuts in 2024, but the vulnerable will suffer badly

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the changes with tougher penalties for those subject to benefit sanctions for more than six months ahead of next week's Autumn Statement

Almost a quarter of a million people are waiting to have their social care needs assessed - prompting calls for Jeremy Hunt to tackle the crisis in next week's Autumn Statement

All four of the Great Offices of State - PM, Chancellor, Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary - are now filled by men who went to private schools which now charge tens of thousands per year

Liz Truss said the document, which includes recommendations to cut the minimum wage and brands paid holidays and redundancy cash drags on growth, was "an important part of the debate"