Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget has allocated hundreds of millions of pounds to a hub development project in one of London’s financial centres. The Chancellor announced today that £242million would be provided for a new “levelling up” scheme targeting Canary Wharf, nearly doubling
Jeremy Hunt cut another 2p off national insurance and vowed to abolish the tax altogether to save workers thousands of pounds. An upbeat Chancellor yesterday told the Daily Express that he was confident “better times are ahead” as inflation heads back to
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will maintain his plan to increase public spending by 1% a year over the course of the next parliament. He insisted today’s Budget will “grow the economy” and deliver “better public services”. Speaking at a Selco Builders Warehouse in
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
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
Jeremy Hunt is under intense pressure to go further with tax cuts as he is set to unveil his pre-election Budget today. The Chancellor is expected to slash national insurance by two percentage points in a move that could save the average
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been urged to give a compassionate Spring Budget – by finally granting free prescriptions to sufferers with rare genetic diseases like cystic fibrosis. A year ago the Daily Express and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust handed in a petition
Jeremy Hunt has pledged not to be deterred from his job, after sick protestors targeted his constituency office this morning. The Chancellor’s local office in Hindhead, Surrey, was daubed with the phrase “Die Tory scum” three times, just one day ahead of