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23 Nov 2023 Social affairs

Jeremy Hunt Accused Of Being "Untruthful" About Cost Of Living Support

Work and pensions committee chair Stephen Timms has accused Jeremy Hunt of providing him with an "untruthful" answer in parliament on the future of the Household Support Fund and has called on the Chancellor to formally correct the record.

22 Nov 2023 Economy

Conservative MPs Welcome Autumn Statement But Demand More Tax Cuts

Conservative MPs who are pushing for lower tax have cautiously welcomed Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement, but they stress that it must be followed by further tax cuts at the Spring Budget to limit damage to the Tory party at the next general election.

22 Nov 2023 Economy

Living Standards And Economy Still Stalling Despite Autumn Statement Tax Cuts

The Office for Budget Responsibility has concluded that overall tax levels will continue to reach a record high as living standards struggle to rise, despite the government's decision to cut National Insurance and reform business contributions.

22 Nov 2023 Economy

All The Key Measures In Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement From Tax Cuts To Business Reforms

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced more than 100 measures in the Autumn Statement, which he said will “boost the economy and drive growth”.

22 Nov 2023 Economy

Jeremy Hunt Cuts National Insurance And Increases Minimum Wage In Autumn Statement

Jeremy Hunt has cut national insurance and announced an increase to the minimum wage as part of his plans to “make work pay” in the Autumn Statement.

20 Nov 2023 Economy

Rishi Sunak's Economic Attacks On Labour Will Be "Very Difficult To Pull Off"

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's claim that Labour lacks economic competence might prove a "very difficult" sell with voters who continue to associate him with the fiscal turmoil of his predecessor Liz Truss, according to a pollster.

20 Nov 2023 Health

Sajid Javid and the Samaritans: 'Suicide prevention training for MPs will save lives'

“I really, genuinely think this kind of training for MPs will save lives,” says Sajid Javid, ahead of his event with the emotional support charity Samaritans in Speakers House tomorrow morning.

19 Nov 2023 Economy

Top Money Expert Says Cutting Inheritance Tax Would Have "Least Benefit" For Most People

Personal finance expert Martin Lewis has warned that cutting inheritance tax would have the “least benefit”, and insisted the Autumn Statement next week must include “small tweaks” to fix “practical problems”.

18 Nov 2023 Economy

Rishi Sunak Looks For "Red Meat" To Satisfy Angry Tory MPs With In Autumn Statement

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is now under even greater pressure to throw some "red meat" to tax cut-hungry Tory MPs at next week's Autumn Statement as he tries to recover from probably the most difficult week of his leadership so far.

17 Nov 2023 Economy

Will Jeremy Hunt pull a cash rabbit out of the hat for true blue Tory voters?

Fiscal events, even in normal times, are a nightmare. Remember the “omnishambles” budget in 2012? Or the cringeworthy “spreadsheet Phil”? The room for error is enormous with crushing expectations and relentless campaigning from all quarters. And with an election looming the stakes are even higher.

13 Nov 2023 Economy

Labour must be bold and back a wealth tax

Alongside the King’s Speech and the Budget, the Autumn Statement is one of the big events of the political calendar; and yet the forthcoming statement is rapidly looking like an unprecedented irrelevance.

12 Nov 2023 Economy

Tory MP Says Young People Have "Conservative Values" But Government Must Deliver For Them

Conservative MP and former minister Robert Courts has said he believes young people have “overwhelmingly conservative values”, but the government must do more to support the younger generation’s stake in society and the economy.

08 Nov 2023 Education

Tory MPs Want Tax Relief And Top Up Payments To Help Nurseries Fund Free Hours

A top-up payment scheme and tax relief for nurseries are among measures Conservative MPs would like to see in the Autumn Statement to support the government’s extension of free childcare hours from next year.

07 Nov 2023 Economy

The John Glen interview: 'I am alarmed at the amount of tax'

Repairing public finances to cope with future shocks means Tories must endure the ‘discomfort’ of a rising tax burden, insists John Glen. The Chief Secretary to the Treasury talks to Tali Fraser about AI in public services, why the NHS needs to explain ‘intolerable’ variations in productivity, and his love of Peloton. Photography by David Bebber

23 Oct 2023 Economy

More Tories Refuse To Support Autumn Statement If Chancellor Raises Tax

Three more Conservative parliamentarians, two MPs and a senior peer, have signed a pledge to withhold support for the government's upcoming Autumn Statement if it proposes raising tax overall.

04 Sep 2023 Economy

Tory MPs Continue To Pressure Rishi Sunak For Tax Cuts As He Plans Big Reset

Conservative MPs have accused the government of getting the “balance wrong” between aiming to slow inflation and holding back on tax cuts ahead of the Autumn Statement.

30 Nov 2022 Economy

Departmental budgets should align around core missions to set a purposeful direction of growth

The United Kingdom is in recession. The Autumn Budget reflected this sobering diagnosis of the country’s economic state and foreshadowed an Osbornesque turn to the austerity policies of the 2010s.

22 Nov 2022 Economy

Voters Are More Worried About The Economy Than Before The Autumn Statement

Polls carried out in the days after Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement indicate voters are now more worried about the outlook for the economy and their own financial circumstances than they were before.

22 Nov 2022 Economy

This is a recession made in Downing Street

People in Bethnal Green and Bow, and across the United Kingdom, face a harsh winter. Rising rents, mortgages, food and fuel prices, plus stagnant or falling wages, add up to real misery for millions.

19 Nov 2022 Economy

Tory MPs Are Dreading The Next Election, Even If Jeremy Hunt Has Calmed Markets

Jeremy Hunt's long-awaited Autumn Statement managed to avert market panic and so far, a Tory rebellion, but Conservative MPs are still worried for their chances at the next General Election. In fact, they fear Hunt's gloomy grappling with the country's finances may have made their prospects even worse.

18 Nov 2022 Economy

Chancellor Defends Financial Squeeze, More Strikes Underway, COP27 Ends

As the UK enters a recession, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has defended his "difficult" Autumn Statement, multiple unions are set to take further strike action, and climate change talks come to a close at the COP27 summit in Egypt.

17 Nov 2022 Economy

The Budget avoided hard cuts but was silent on delivering the growth Britain needs

So, after all the briefing about an austerity Autumn Statement, when it came, it provided large increases in public spending for the next two years.

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17 Nov 2022 Economy

CIOB responds to Chancellor’s Autumn Statement

CIOB has today reacted to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement and what it means for the built environment sector:

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17 Nov 2022 Economy

IET responds to the Autumn Statement

Alex Taylor, Head of Policy at the Institution of Engineering and Technology, said: