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The Latest Breaking News from Jeremy Hunt

The Tories’ tax plans are absurd. When will Labour be brave enough to say so?

Pre-election giveaways funded by yet more austerity will push the welfare state the opposition created towards ruin

The Guardian - UK

Sunak is warned spending squeeze could lead to Conservative party wipeout at election

As fresh party infighting erupts after two byelection losses, the right are targeting public service funding to pay for tax cuts while others urge restraint

The Guardian - UK

Don’t 'Tell Sid' to buy NatWest shares — Give us them for free

City Comment: If big investors don’t fancy NatWest shares at the current price, why should we?

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Rishi Sunak warned against fresh austerity drive to finance tax cuts

Unions outraged as Jeremy Hunt said to be considering cutting public spending to balance books in next month’s budget

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Britain is in a rut. Here are five ways to fix the economy

From unfreezing tax thresholds to boosting social housing, solutions to the UK’s problems don’t have to trigger the return of inflation

The Guardian - UK

‘Rishi’s recession’: Reeves seizes her moment to take the economic high ground

Shadow chancellor’s No 10-style press conference given extra credence by decision to drop £28bn green pledge, Labour sources say

The Guardian - UK

UK Economy Slides Into Recession Ahead Of Election

Britain is in recession, official data showed Thursday, dealing another blow to embattled Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whose Conservative party is forecast to lose a general election expected this year.

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Labour accuses Hunt of being ‘out of touch’, with voting under way in Kingswood and Wellingborough byelections – as it happened

Labour aiming to win two byelections as chancellor defends Sunak’s record, saying ‘economy is turning a corner’

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt ‘considering spending cuts’ to fund pre-election tax giveaway

Treasury looking at reducing projected rise in public spending from 2025, FT reports citing insiders

The Guardian - UK

Even a technical recession is a headache for Rishi Sunak

Governments try to generate a feelgood factor before an election. The UK has the opposite: a feel-bad factor

The Guardian - UK

'Rishi's recession': Blow to Sunak's key election pledge as Britain slips into negative growth

GDP fell by a worse than expected 0.3% in the last three months of 2023

Evening Standard

UK's Hunt eyes public spending cuts to fund tax cuts

The Financial Times reports that the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, is considering further reductions in public spending to finance tax cuts.

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UK Inflation Holds At 4.0 Percent In January: Data

Higher gas and electricity bills were the main upward contributor to the rate, but this was offset by falling prices for furniture, food and non-alcoholic beverages.

International Business Times

UK Inflation Holds At 4% In January: Data

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) stood at 4.0 percent last month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement.

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Evening Standard

Hunt warned that UK tax cuts risk increasing mortgage rates

“A policy package that ends up lifting mortgage rates is the last thing Hunt will want with an election looming” Bloomberg economist Dan Hanson said

The Guardian - UK

We’ve heard lots about what Labour won’t do, but here’s something they should: close the Tories’ tax loopholes

Rachel Reeves has ruled out a wealth tax, but she’ll need to raise revenue somehow – and there are still good options available, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Recession verdict for UK economy will be no laughing matter for Hunt and Sunak

Figures on GDP, wages and inflation this week are set to offer Labour plenty of scope for criticising Tories’ economic competence

The Guardian - UK

By ditching its green plan Labour reveals its ideological vacuum

Keir Starmer will now be appealing to voters on the basis it can run the status quo better than the Tories

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The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak paid effective tax rate of 23% on £2.2m income last year

Low capital gains rate and US location of funds mean tax bill of £508,000 much less than under top income rate of 45%

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Starmer’s £28bn green plan was bungled but Labour still has bold hopes for the country – and the planet

Even if pared back, the party still has the only real growth policy in town, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt may launch ‘British Isa’ investing in UK company shares

Chancellor hints at tax-free plan for budget as part of efforts to revive country’s stock market

The Guardian - UK

Circumstances have changed, our ambitions have not. That’s what you need to know now about our green plan

No one expected the Tories to crash the economy like they did. Building a greener Britain means being honest about this, say Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves

The Guardian - UK

CBI tells Jeremy Hunt to focus on green investment instead of tax cuts in budget

Lobby group joins calls for chancellor to resist pre-election giveaways next month and spend on projects to boost economy

The Guardian - UK

Gordon Brown slams ‘obscene’ levels of destitution in the UK

Former PM criticises ministers for ‘moral outrage’ of ‘systematically shredding’ social security system

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UK Prime Minister Faces Pressure to Apologize for Transgender Remark

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces criticism for a remark about transgender people, causing controversy and calls for an apology.

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