Tax cuts likely with Jeremy Hunt's £14bn budget headroom

Treasury number crunchers said it means the Chancellor has more money to play with than the £13 billion he had his Autumn Statement in November. But the figure is lower than the £20 billion “fiscal headroom” forecast by independent analysts. The estimates

Health chiefs warn of risks with 70% budget cut for border meat checks

The cost-cutting from April targets the team that screens pork for African swine fever at Dover, Kent. Dover District Council’s port health and public protection chief, Lucy Manzano, said it would “seriously undermine” Britain’s ability to pinpoint any potential biosecurity threat. The

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