Why Jeremy Hunt’s budget is a failure both politically and economically
Hunt has twice sabotaged this strategy with successive cuts to national insurance
Jeremy Hunt
Suella Braverman blasts Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget, as Tory civil war deepens
It’s not just opposition parties and trade unions that are lambasting the Spring Budget. Tories are too.
Fuel poverty protestors gather in Manchester to shine light on thousands of lives cut short this winter due to uninhabitable homes
“The next government’s energy policy should aim at ending fuel poverty, not managing it, and the money to do it is right there in energy company profits.”
Why Jeremy Hunt’s budget fails Britain
The evidence of past policy failures is all around us. Since 2010, the real economy has grown by around 1.2% a year and is set to have the weakest growth amongst G7 countries.
Jeremy Hunt lashes out at BBC presenter over being called ‘fiscal drag queen’
Hunt isn’t too happy…
Tories will preside over the first parliament in modern history to see a fall in living standards, damning analysis finds
That’s the Tory record in office, declining living standards with workers left worse off.
‘Pre-election gimmicks’: How trade unions reacted to the Budget
From missed opportunities to ‘Tory hot air’, trade unions weigh in on the Spring Budget announcements
5 key takeaways from Jeremy Hunt’s budget
A budget totally out of step with what people want and need.
Richest households will gain 12x more from National Insurance cut than poorest, think-tank warns
The chancellor is preparing to announce the second big cut to employment taxes in a year, after his decision to cut national insurance rates by 2p at last year’s autumn statement, portraying it as a pre-election giveaway
Damning report warns UK on course for second ‘lost decade’ ahead of Budget
Tories devastating record set to continue unless Budget delivers ‘desperately needed measures’ to recover living standards