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...Nearly 120 MPs from all major UK political parties have written to the chancellor Jeremy Hunt urging him to allocate funding to compensate victims of the infected blood scandal in his spring Budget....
...In his Autumn Statement on Thursday, UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt cut the country’s surcharge on bank profits from 8 per cent to 3 per cent, which will come into place next April alongside a rise in corporation...
...entitlement is a meal best taken in private / From J Richard Finlay, Founder, The Finlay Centre for Corporate & Public Governance, Toronto, ON, Canada Being competitive doesn’t mean paying bankers more / From Jeremy...
...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...
...Chancellor Jeremy Hunt reworked the government’s R&D tax credits system in the Autumn Statement, cutting the rebates available to small and medium-sized businesses in a bid to reduce fraudulent claims, while...
...Sir Charles Walker, a Tory grandee, said many MPs would settle for sound economic governance. “I want a government that is fiscally responsible, first and foremost,” he said....
...The event was held in aid of the Liberal International Anti-Racialist Appeal Fund and allowed the Liberal party’s flamboyant new leader Jeremy Thorpe (in black tie) to pose with Hendrix (in blue velvet by...
...But Beth Walker, senior policy adviser at the independent think-tank E3G, said: “This bill is no more than a political stunt from the Conservatives....
...The UK has so far avoided raiding banks, though chancellor Jeremy Hunt did consider such a move ahead of his Budget last year in an attempt to fill a £40bn fiscal hole....
...Interviews with Reform party leader Richard Tice and chancellor Jeremy Hunt — conducted by two Conservative MPs — have recently been found to have breached the rules....
...Walker announced in the Observer that he had quit the party — cancelling his membership and leaving the parliamentary candidates’ list....
...Here’s the FT’s Owen Walker....
...UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt said he and Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey were following the situation “very closely”....
...Sonja Hutson Owen Walker is the FT’s European banking correspondent. [MUSIC PLAYING] UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt presented his budget for growth yesterday....
...The Swiss central bank said it would provide a liquidity backstop to Credit Suisse, UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled a Budget that includes a £4bn expansion of free childcare, and Volkswagen is increasing...
...UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt has warned Conservative MPs not to expect tax cuts in his March Budget, but Tory strategists are earmarking the equivalent fiscal event next year as the moment for a pre-election...
...dad (donning floral shorts and linen) while delivering a pretty radical set of reforms, why Joe Biden’s folksy image was a big asset to the Democrats in 2020, and why the moderate “vibes” that Sunak and Jeremy...
...On Friday, chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled a wide ranging set of proposals and consultations to remove onerous regulatory burdens on financial institutions and boost post-Brexit competitiveness....
...John McDonnell, who was shadow chancellor under Jeremy Corbyn in 2015-20, criticised “factional behaviour”....
...Additional reporting by Rob Smith and Owen Walker...
...Chancellor Jeremy Hunt offered little solace when asked about the organisation at a government event with 250 business leaders on Monday....
...They never liked Johnson but backed him to beat Jeremy Corbyn — who in retrospect was not so hard to beat....
...Sunak had been involved throughout Sunday and into Monday morning during the long flight to California, while chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Griffith were at the Treasury....
...‘Oh NO, Jeremy Corbyn!’ Could Sir Keir Starmer turn out to possess that most potent of political advantages, good luck?...
...The UK’s new chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is also preparing to maintain a bank levy in a set of tax rises designed to undo the disastrous impact of a shortlived tax-cutting Budget unveiled by his predecessor...
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