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...The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has promised unspecified savings to fund cuts to national insurance....
...Either way, the burden of any cuts to personal taxes and underfunded public services will fall on the next government....
...The UK’s higher earners are on track for the biggest fall in their disposable income on record as Jeremy Hunt prepares to deliver a tax-cutting budget he hopes will save the Conservatives from electoral...
...The UK government borrowed less than expected in December, in a boost to chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s efforts to cut taxes ahead of this year’s expected general election....
...But overall it leaves Britain’s broader tax burden on track to continue rising to the highest level since 1948....
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...the tax burden down”....
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...Jeremy Hunt had three political goals in this Budget, all of them short term....
...Jeremy Hunt lacks the fiscal firepower to prevent Britain’s taxes climbing to a record high as a share of national income no matter what he announces in next week’s Budget, new analysis has found....
...“Jeremy is more cautious,” said one person briefed on the discussions....
...Jeremy Hunt will cut taxes in his Spring Budget — on that most Tory MPs and economists are agreed....
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