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The fragile peace in the Tory party has been exposed as Jacob Rees-Mogg has criticised Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement for taking the “easy option” by putting up taxes. The chancellor…

He and prime minister Rishi Sunak are trying to plug the “fiscal black hole” at the heart of public finances. It comes as inflation reaches 11.1% and the country having…

Rachel Reeves has accused the Tory chancellor of “pickpocketing” the public in his autumn statement. Labour’s shadow chancellor said Jeremy Hunt should have come to the Commons to “ask for…

Jeremy Hunt has increased the windfall tax on oil and gas giants from 25% to 35% and expanded the levy to electricity generators. It came as the chancellor £55bn in…

“There is no alternative because the alternative has been tried and it failed.” The senior Treasury official did not mince his words as he explained to HuffPost UK why Thursday’s…

Do not be fooled by boring terms such as “medium-term fiscal plan”. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s statement on Thursday November 17 is going to be a whopper. Firstly, it is the…