Chancellor’s unfunded proposal would be ‘work of many parliaments’ and depended on growth of economyJeremy Hunt has admitted his unfunded proposal to scrap employee national insurance could take more than a...
Read MoreEconomists say making the policy an election pledge could cost £40bn, which is badly needed for health, education and elsewhereRishi Sunak has been warned against fighting an election on an unfunded plan to abolish...
Read MoreOffice for Budget Responsibility says national insurance and tax cuts will be paid for by average £8bn-a-year borrowing to 2028-29The chancellor will raise government borrowing to help fund a 2p cut in national insurance...
Read MoreChancellor’s 5p freeze will save £60 a year for well-off motorists compared with just £22 for lower earnersRetaining the fuel duty cut in the budget is a regressive policy that benefits the wealthiest in...
Read MoreFalling inflation and so-called fiscal headroom will guide a chancellor keen to heed calls from Tories for tax cuts Jeremy Hunt is expected to announce tax cuts in Wednesday’s budget in an attempt to reboot the...
Read MorePre-election giveaway should save average earner £450 a year but spending cuts may followUK politics live – latest updatesJeremy Hunt is to cut national insurance by 2p in his budget on Wednesday, the Guardian...
Read MorePre-election giveaway should save average earner £450 a year but spending cuts may followUK politics live – latest updatesJeremy Hunt is set to cut national insurance by 2p in his budget on Wednesday, the Guardian...
Read MoreHealth spending in England to suffer 1.2% cut, worth £2bn, despite extra costs, thinktank’s analysis findsNHS funding faces the biggest cuts in real terms since the 1970s, an influential analysis shows, amid growing...
Read MoreExclusive: Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds widening gulf between demand for tax cuts and reality for millions strugglingJeremy Hunt has been told Wednesday’s budget risks condemning Britain to a second “lost...
Read MoreLondon business group says clarifying funding for providers could deliver £11bn economic prize by freeing more adults to workJeremy Hunt is being urged by business leaders to urgently fix the UK’s broken childcare...
Read MoreWomen’s groups urge chancellor to ignore calls for tax cuts in next week’s spring budgetFurther cuts to public services in England will put gender equality “into reverse”, according to women’s...
Read MoreChancellor mulling scaling back tax break as last-minute option to generate revenue, after previously criticising policyJeremy Hunt is considering scrapping Britain’s non-domiciled tax rules in next week’s budget, it...
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