I’d prefer to be Nigel Lawson but I need to be prudent like Gordon Brown, says Jeremy Hunt ahead of Budget
1 year ago

I’d prefer to be Nigel Lawson but I need to be prudent like Gordon Brown, says Jeremy Hunt ahead of Budget

The Telegraph  

Sir John Redwood, who ran Margaret Thatcher’s policy unit during Lord Lawson’s time at the Treasury, said Mr Hunt had misunderstood the example set by the former chancellor. “He doesn’t understand the first thing about Nigel Lawson and Margaret Thatcher’s tax cutting strategy,” he told The Telegraph. More efficient Civil Service Mr Hunt also said he wanted public spending to be more efficient in order to satisfy voter demands for European-level services paid for by US taxation levels. It’s the old thing isn’t it: can we have European public services and American levels of tax?” Mr Hunt said. “The only way that we have a chance of delivering something like that is by spending the money that we spend on public services much more efficiently.” He added: “I think that breaking glass ceilings should be the job of every boss in every public sector organisation but I’m not convinced that paying people large sums of money specifically to do those jobs is the right thing.

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Jeremy Hunt slams Labour's 'reckless' plans to cut defence spending
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Jeremy Hunt slams Labour's 'reckless' plans to cut defence spending

Daily Mail  

Jeremy Hunt has condemned Labour over 'reckless' plans to cut defence spending in the Budget. Mr Hunt told the Mail: 'It is not the case that all spending is bad, and one of the things that disheartens me the most is to see huge pay rises for public sector unions without asking for any productivity gains in return, at the …

Britain 'is now on a war footing': Rishi declares UK will spend 2.5% of GDP on defence by 2030 with military budget growing to £87bn at the end of the decade as PM visits Warsaw for talks with NATO al
11 months ago

Britain 'is now on a war footing': Rishi declares UK will spend 2.5% of GDP on defence by 2030 with military budget growing to £87bn at the end of the decade as PM visits Warsaw for talks with NATO al

Daily Mail  

Rishi Sunak today committed to spending 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2030 as he holds talks with NATO allies. At a joint appearance with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg at a military base in the Polish capital, Mr Sunak said the UK defence budget will increase immediately. Rishi Sunak today committed to spending 2.5 per cent of GDP …

Budget 2024 - live: Hunt and Starmer ‘in conspiracy of silence’ as Britain faces hardest five years since WWII
1 year ago

Budget 2024 - live: Hunt and Starmer ‘in conspiracy of silence’ as Britain faces hardest five years since WWII

The Independent  

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Jeremy Hunt admits Britain will have to spend more money on defence in future in the face of growing Russian aggression - after rejecting calls to increase Armed Forces cash in Budget
1 year ago

Jeremy Hunt admits Britain will have to spend more money on defence in future in the face of growing Russian aggression - after rejecting calls to increase Armed Forces cash in Budget

Daily Mail  

Jeremy Hunt today admitted that Britain will have up spending on its military in the future - after rejecting calls to increase defence cash in the Budget. The Chancellor was quizzed today over plans for tax cuts in Wednesday's fiscal showpiece, amid claims he may take a penny off either income tax and national insurance, or both. Reports suggest that …

Everything we learnt about Jeremy Hunt’s ‘prudent’ budget from Sunday interviews
1 year ago

Everything we learnt about Jeremy Hunt’s ‘prudent’ budget from Sunday interviews

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Talking to Sky News’ Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, Mr …

Jeremy Hunt hints at more tax cuts before general election
1 year, 2 months ago

Jeremy Hunt hints at more tax cuts before general election

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has signalled he wants to cut taxes in …

Inside Jeremy Hunt’s £100bn-a-year battle with Britain’s ballooning debt pile
1 year, 4 months ago

Inside Jeremy Hunt’s £100bn-a-year battle with Britain’s ballooning debt pile

The Telegraph  

Either way, the outlook may not be as bright as Hunt would like you to believe. He said economic growth was likely to remain anaemic in the short term, with the UK suffering an “unpleasant” combination of high interest rates and low growth that made the outlook for the UK economy worse compared with other rich economies. And so the …

Autumn Statement: Hunt’s ‘tax cuts’ dampened by another energy price cap rise - live
1 year, 4 months ago

Autumn Statement: Hunt’s ‘tax cuts’ dampened by another energy price cap rise - live

The Independent  

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Jeremy Hunt hails biggest tax cuts since Thatcher but IFS says autumn statement ‘not good for growth’
1 year, 4 months ago

Jeremy Hunt hails biggest tax cuts since Thatcher but IFS says autumn statement ‘not good for growth’

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It came as: Mr Hunt made a £11bn-a-year tax break for firms permanent and cut …

Hunt considers further support for businesses ahead of autumn statement
1 year, 4 months ago

Hunt considers further support for businesses ahead of autumn statement

The Independent  

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Starmer urges Hunt to get UK off ‘path of managed decline’ ahead of Budget
2 years ago

Starmer urges Hunt to get UK off ‘path of managed decline’ ahead of Budget

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer has challenged …

Hunt insists he wants ‘most competitive’ business taxes ahead of looming hike
2 years ago

Hunt insists he wants ‘most competitive’ business taxes ahead of looming hike

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said he …

Chancellor resists calls for public sector pay boost despite budget surplus
2 years, 1 month ago

Chancellor resists calls for public sector pay boost despite budget surplus

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Chancellor Jeremy Hunt appeared to …

Relief meets fear as UK budget calms economy but brings pain
2 years, 4 months ago

Relief meets fear as UK budget calms economy but brings pain

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s Conservative government on Friday defended its decision to hike taxes for millions of working people in the “squeezed middle” class as it tries to shore up an economy battered by double-digit inflation and the reckless tax-cutting of recently ousted Prime Minister Liz Truss. An emergency budget announced by Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt on Thursday includes 25 billion …

Misery for the 'squeezed middle': Britons face TWO DECADES of stalled wages
2 years, 4 months ago

Misery for the 'squeezed middle': Britons face TWO DECADES of stalled wages

Daily Mail  

Eight million Britons - nearly one in six adults - will be paying the higher rate of tax and two million the effective top rates within five years after Jeremy Hunt's brutal 'stealth raid'. In a round of interviews the morning after his extraordinary Autumn Statement, Jeremy Hunt said he had to be 'honest' about the 'challenging' situation the country …

Hunt warned spending cuts may prove ‘undeliverable’
2 years, 4 months ago

Hunt warned spending cuts may prove ‘undeliverable’

The Independent  

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Hunt ushers in new era of high tax, big state Britain
2 years, 4 months ago

Hunt ushers in new era of high tax, big state Britain

The Telegraph  

Mr Johnson said that debt interest, which is expected to stay at around £100bn a year, plus higher spending on health and on benefits, “entirely explains the growth in the size of the state over the period from 2019 to the later years of this decade”. “We want low taxes,” Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday, even as he introduced a …

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: A Budget to break the back of Middle Britain
2 years, 4 months ago

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: A Budget to break the back of Middle Britain

Daily Mail  

If the Tory Party stands for anything, surely it is for the virtues of hard work, aspiration and prudence. So it's profoundly depressing that Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement defied each one of those fundamental principles. Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement defied core Tory principles But it's a grotesque overreaction for the Chancellor to saddle us all with the biggest tax burden …

Autumn Budget: Britons react to tax rises and service cuts after Jeremy Hunt's announcement
2 years, 4 months ago

Autumn Budget: Britons react to tax rises and service cuts after Jeremy Hunt's announcement

Daily Mail  

Beleaguered Britons face tax hikes and cuts to services after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's extraordinary emergency Budget unveiled today. Amelia Welford, 24, and Jordan Sykes, 23, are parents to six-month-old Blossom, and have not put the heating on this year due to their sky high energy bills NAME: Amelia Welford and Jordan Sykes AGE: 24 and 23 HOME: Redcar, North Yorkshire …

Hunt blames ‘recession made in Russia’ as he increases taxes and cuts spending
2 years, 4 months ago

Hunt blames ‘recession made in Russia’ as he increases taxes and cuts spending

The Independent  

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Chancellor weighs up £35bn in spending cuts to fix hole in public finances
2 years, 4 months ago

Chancellor weighs up £35bn in spending cuts to fix hole in public finances

The Independent  

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Hunt to fast-track moves to shore up public finances in bid to end turmoil
2 years, 5 months ago

Hunt to fast-track moves to shore up public finances in bid to end turmoil

The Independent  

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Government has made mistakes, says Britain’s new Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt
2 years, 5 months ago

Government has made mistakes, says Britain’s new Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt

The Hindu  

Britain's new Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt said Prime Minister Liz Truss's government had made mistakes with its controversial tax cut plans that prompted turmoil in financial markets and led to the sacking of his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng. "It was a mistake when we're going to be asking for difficult decisions across the board on tax and spending to cut the …

Jeremy Hunt calls for massive boost in UK defence spending
3 years ago

Jeremy Hunt calls for massive boost in UK defence spending

The Telegraph  

Britain should increase defence spending to the same level as the US, Jeremy Hunt has proposed, as he declared: “Peace comes from strength, not luck.” Writing for The Telegraph, the former foreign secretary called the invasion of Ukraine “the biggest failure of Western foreign and security policy in our lifetimes”. Mr Hunt called for a step-change in UK defence spending …

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt accused of duping the public with 'extraordinary' tax-and-spending pledges
5 years, 8 months ago

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt accused of duping the public with 'extraordinary' tax-and-spending pledges

The Independent  

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Jeremy Hunt's plan to boost defence spending and slash corporation tax
5 years, 8 months ago

Jeremy Hunt's plan to boost defence spending and slash corporation tax

Daily Mail  

Jeremy Hunt's plans to boost defence and slash corporation tax would cost £28billion, an economic think-tank has found. Cutting the main rate of corporation tax to 12.5 per cent would cost £13billion a year in the short term. The Institute for Fiscal Studies has said Jeremy Hunt's plans to boost defence and slash corporation tax would 'exacerbate' pressures on public …

Jeremy Hunt calls for huge increase in defence spending to help ‘our great ally the United States’
5 years, 10 months ago

Jeremy Hunt calls for huge increase in defence spending to help ‘our great ally the United States’

The Independent  

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