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Budget 2024: What is Jeremy Hunt’s record on cutting and raising taxes?

Source: PA Wire

Jeremy Hunt will make his spring Budget announcement this week, amid reports he could cut taxes for UK households in some fashion.

Amongst the rumoured measures is a reduction to income tax, another national insurance cut and even scrapping inheritance tax.

However, Mr Hunt has attempted to manage expectations in recent weeks, stressing that he is focused on the long term.

“It doesn’t look to me like we will have the same scope for cutting taxes in the spring Budget that we had in the Autumn Statement,” the chancellor said in February. “But we also want to be clear that the direction

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