Senior government figures paving path towards Swiss-style ties with EU
The OBR forecasts the UK’s trade intensity will be 15 per cent lower in the long run than if the UK had remained in the EU.
Tag: Jeremy Hunt
Finally! Chancellor concedes Brexit has caused damaging trade barriers with EU
“I think having unfettered trade with our neighbours and countries all over the world is very beneficial to growth."
Tories take a pasting in today’s papers
In the words of Pippa Crerar, "that's a baaaaad set of front pages for the government".
Hunt visits school named after the ‘patron saint of lost causes’
The chancellor has sparked an in-party revolt over his decision to ramp up taxation.
‘A Budget that boils the frog’: Reaction to Hunt’s autumn statement
Guardian journalist Gaby Hinsliff said there was only one word missing from the autumn statement: 'Sorry'.
‘We are not living’: Hunt’s autumn statement ‘too late’ for those on benefits
“None of the people have hope. We are like the actual walking dead… so many people (are) saying the same thing."
UK inflation jumps to 41-year high of 11.1%
Jeremy Hunt will deliver his autumn statement tomorrow, with rumours that it will include a £1,100 handout to help struggling families.
UK will be first G7 nation to enter recession and last to get out – economists say
And I bet you can guess why...
Hunt expected to delay spending cuts until after next election
The chancellor is set to gamble on delaying spending cuts so that Labour will shoulder the worst of the pain - but it could backfire.