Jeremy Hunt delivers his Budget in the Commons yesterday (Image: PA) Jeremy Hunt’s Budget included three key points to boost Britain’s economy and also put “clear blue water” between the Tories and Labour, an economist has said. The Chancellor outlined his package
The Commons Defence Select Committee is demanding an urgent meeting with Grant Shapps after it emerged that funding for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is being cut next year. Despite Mr Shapps recently hyping up the threat of war, the Budget small
Mother-of-three Mandy Banfield, 46, was relatively impressed but disappointed income tax remains high. The part-time key worker from Milton Keynes says she and husband Joseph – a 40% taxpayer with two cars – have been hit hard by the higher cost of
Jeremy Hunt had the most difficult of tasks today – maintaining Britain’s economic recovery but offering voters enough feel-good measures to help win a general election later this year. He had to do all this while not triggering another spike in inflation
Some fifty-odd minutes into Jeremy Hunt’s highly anticipated Budget Tory MPs were woken from their collective slumber. A snarling, shouting, finger-jabbing Angela Rayner sending them bolt upright in an instant, followed by a cacophony of jeering and cheering. She let fly after
Richard Tice said Jeremy Hunt’s Budget is “proof that you can’t polish a turd” in a brutal assessment. The Reform UK leader warned the plans set out by the Chancellor will mean “no growth” and leave people feeling “poorer”. In a video
It took less than 60 seconds after Jeremy Hunt took his seat again after delivering his Budget for a Conservative MP to text: “I’m presuming we aren’t having a May election.” Almost an hour and 10 minutes of economic, fiscal, investment and
Jeremy Hunt had MPs in stitches – including Sir Keir Starmer himself – with a cheeky quip about the Labour leader’s weight as he invited him to “join me on my marathon training”. The Chancellor could not resist a dig against the
Jeremy Hunt prompted a furious response from Angela Rayner as he cracked a joke about a council house row she is at the centre of. The deputy Labour leader is facing questions over whether she should have been liable for capital gains
Commons Deputy Speaker Eleanor Laing was forced to tell off boisterous Labour MPs just minutes into the Budget. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt had been on his feet for around three minutes when Ms Laing made her first intervention following shouting and jeers from