Spring Budget 2024: Hunt extends alcohol duty freeze to help struggling pubs March 6, 2024 Hard pressed publicans were thrown a lifeline today as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt extend the alcohol duty freeze until February 2025.
UK to sign financial services deal with Switzerland December 20, 2023 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to ink a financial services deal with Switzerland in a bid to ease business transactions with UK firms and individuals.
OBR and Hunt fail to see eye-to-eye on the UK’s fiscal position November 22, 2023 Listening to Jeremy Hunt, you would be forgiven for thinking the UK's public finances were in rude health. The OBR may disagree.
Spring Budget 2024: Why a May election is now looking less likely March 6, 2024 After Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget, the tide of May election speculation that temporarily flooded Westminster has, well, swept out again.
Why the Spring Budget could be crucial for prospective homeowners March 1, 2024 For anyone looking to invest in bricks and mortar, the contents of Jeremy Hunt’s Budget red box will likely be a source of more than a little fascination.
FCA chiefs set for Westminster grilling over ‘name and shame’ plans May 3, 2024 The grilling will be the latest in a series of skirmishes between the regulator and Westminster after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt waded into the debate this week, urging the FCA to “re-look” at the measures.
UK set to face ‘sluggish’ growth in the face of sticky inflation and Bank of England interest rate hikes May 2, 2024 "This forecast is not particularly surprising given our priority for the last year has been to tackle inflation with higher interest rates," Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said.
Carmakers and energy giants cheer Hunt’s investment booster – but it still falls short of US green deal November 22, 2023 Jeremy Hunt's plans to increase investment in the country's renewable energy sector and electric vehicle industry have been welcomed - but experts warn it might not be enough.
Want to slim down the size of the state? Tax wealth not work and end fiscal drag November 23, 2023 The rhetoric in Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement concentrated on the importance of rewarding hard work, shrinking the size of the state and lowering the tax burden.
Chancellor meets with City grandees over London’s listings crisis January 9, 2024 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt held talks with top City chiefs on Tuesday as part of the government's efforts to attract more listings to the London Stock Exchange.