Shadow chancellor attacks ‘crisis made in Downing Street’ but few signs of anger on Tory benches
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Jeremy Hunt has seemingly escaped public pushback from fellow Conservative MPs to his tax-raising autumn statement but was lambasted by Labour for trying to blame global factors for a crisis sparked by Liz Truss’s mini-budget.
While there had been mutterings of dissent in advance at the idea of Hunt completely trashing Truss’s embrace of tax cuts, in the lengthy Commons debate after his statement there were only a few fairly muted quibbles.
Continue reading…Shadow chancellor attacks ‘crisis made in Downing Street’ but few signs of anger on Tory benches Politics live: latest news and reaction on UK budget plansAutumn statement – key points at a glanceJeremy Hunt has seemingly escaped public pushback from fellow Conservative MPs to his tax-raising autumn statement but was lambasted by Labour for trying to blame global factors for a crisis sparked by Liz Truss’s mini-budget.While there had been mutterings of dissent in advance at the idea of Hunt completely trashing Truss’s embrace of tax cuts, in the lengthy Commons debate after his statement there were only a few fairly muted quibbles. Continue reading…