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...Jeremy Hunt has wound down a scheme that delivered an extra £200mn a year for social housing in England, in a controversial move that will further squeeze the finances of cash-strapped local councils....
...The credit rating agency confirmed it has selected a new space near St Paul’s Cathedral, subject to completing the deal for the new premises....
...NatWest is set to confirm interim boss Paul Thwaite as its permanent group chief executive, with the state-backed lender preparing for the government to launch a public share sale before the end of the summer...
...The hedge fund manager bankrolling GB News Hands resting lightly on the lectern, Sir Paul Marshall laid into the three enemies of the free market, what he called the “mutant siblings” of capitalism: the...
...Jeremy Hunt announced a nearly £6bn injection into the NHS over the next five years in his Budget on Wednesday, as he set out a plan to tackle lacklustre productivity across Britain’s public sector....
...Sir Jeremy Quin, chair of the House of Commons defence committee, said on Thursday that this description did “not appear to be reflected in [the MoD’s] budget allocation” and asked to meet Shapps “urgently...
...By November, chancellor Jeremy Hunt was on board with the idea. It now seems such a sale could happen before the summer. Sadly, much of the logic that applied nine months ago has evaporated....
...“This is a classic case of kicking the fiscal can down the road,” said Paul Dales, its chief UK economist....
...Sir Jeremy Fleming, who recently departed as head of British cyber intelligence spy agency GCHQ, has been hired to chair the advisory board of a UK venture group with close ties to the British security services...
...In one of the most eye-catching policies announced in his Budget, Jeremy Hunt said the top of the taper where it is withdrawn will also be increased to £80,000....
...There is, said Paul Dales of Capital Economics, an “implausibly big hole” in the UK’s public spending plans....
...long-term growth” on Wednesday, but the Office for Budget Responsibility will probably cut its forecasts for economic growth in 2024 and the following two years, in an outlook to be published as soon as Jeremy...
...Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said in his Budget speech that the government would “proceed with the retail sale for part of the government’s remaining NatWest shares this summer”....
...Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to be handed a multibillion-pound boost by official forecasters next week, paving the way for a package of pre-election tax cuts....
...Paul Johnson, director of the IFS, said pensioners had benefited over time from lower housing costs and from the triple lock, while working-age benefits had been cut....
...Paul Thwaite, NatWest interim chief executive welcomed the announcement: “It’s quite simple....
...Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies think-tank, said: “The combination of high debt interest payments and low forecast nominal growth means that the next parliament could well prove...
...Meanwhile, Paul Synnott, head of operations, left in April after a decade with the company....
...“If the chancellor was determined to cut taxes, he has picked a pretty sensible set of taxes to cut,” said Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies....
...Jeremy Hunt, the UK chancellor, promised on Sunday to show that Britain is “on a path to a lower tax economy” in next week’s Autumn Statement, as he claimed the country had “turned a very big corner” in...
...This article has been amended to clarify details of Jeremy Hunt’s public spending plans and potential options for change....
...During his spring budget this month, chancellor Jeremy Hunt reaffirmed the Treasury’s plan to return NatWest to private ownership by 2026, which includes a public share sale this summer as part of a drive...
...Jeremy Hunt has left a poisoned pill for his successor at the Treasury after the next UK general election, with economists warning that the £20bn tax cuts the chancellor pledged in this week’s Autumn Statement...
...When Jeremy Hunt stood up to deliver the UK Budget on Wednesday, one question was what the chancellor had to offer London’s hard-pressed equity market....
...Jeremy Hunt, chancellor, said the figures were “a welcome sign that the economy is turning a corner, and we can build on this progress if we stick to our plan”....
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