JEREMY HUNT

The UK Conservatives have suffered their most humiliating defeat in the General Elections of 2024. The party will seek to start afresh and for this they have to find the right candidate who has the political acumen and the administrative experience.

The Conservative Party confirmed that campaign director Tony Lee had taken a leave of absence. The statement followed news reports that the Gambling Commission was looking into allegations of improper betting by Lee and his wife Laura Saunders, a ca...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt was among those caught unaware. Foreign Secretary David Cameron, who'd had to cancel a visit to Albania just to make the meeting in Downing Street, expressed surprise, but said the decision "seizes the initiat...

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Britain's economy grew by 0.6% in Q1 2024, surpassing expectations and ending the previous recession. The Office for National Statistics reported stronger growth than anticipated, contrasting with forecasts. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak may find relie...

Having the chance to put it into action may be easier said than done. That is the central scenario among political advisers working for Sunak, who this week finally ruled out holding a snap election on May 2, quelling weeks of speculation that he mi...

Rishi Sunak promised to cut national insurance costs, which workers pay to qualify for a state pension, still further "so we truly make work pay." But he made no mention of reducing the basic rate of income tax, which would have benefited retirees a...

Amid calls from numerous Conservative lawmakers for tax reductions to regain voter support after 13 years of Conservative rule, Sunak and Hunt find themselves in a delicate position. The latest Ipsos poll in December indicated that Conservative supp...

The Bank of England looks set to stick to its tough line against talk of interest rate cuts in Britain, even as other leading central banks signal that they might be approaching a turning point in their fight against inflation.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement this week sparked speculation that Sunak is mulling an earlier election than expected, thanks to a fast-tracked payroll tax cut to take effect in January rather than April - giving voters th...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveils UK economic plans for 2024, featuring a 6.7 per cent increase in benefits, an 8.5 per cent rise in state pensions, £500 million for AI innovation centers, £4.5 billion boost to manufacturing, and commitments to defense...

Hunt announced big increases in welfare payments and the state pension alongside a bigger-than-expected, 2 percentage-point cut in the rate of social security contributions for employees, along with a smaller cut for self-employed workers.

Gross domestic product will expand 0.6 percent in 2023, Hunt said citing the Office for Budget Responsibility fiscal watchdog, upgrading its prior forecast of minus 0.2 percent. GDP is then set to grow by 0.7 percent in 2024, which was sharply down ...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has suggested that his government could focus on cutting taxes ahead of a budget update. He stated that the government needs to reduce the tax burden but would not rush into unfunded cuts, as his predecessor Liz Tr...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt is under pressure from his own Conservative Party to deliver bold economic plans in his fiscal set-piece on Wednesday as the Tories look for ways to narrow a 20-point polling deficit against the opposition Lab...

The British economy flatlined in the third quarter of the year, official figures showed Friday ahead of a budget statement from the government later this month. The Office for National Statistics said growth in the July-to-September period was zero ...

UK inflation unexpectedly dropped in August, raising doubts about the Bank of England's plans to raise interest rates. The consumer price index fell to 6.7% from 6.8% in July, contrary to predictions by economists. This surprise decline, the lowest ...

The British Indian leader also indicated that extra funding will be made available to schools dealing with the current crisis. "The Chancellor [Jeremy Hunt] has been crystal clear that schools will be given extra money for these mitigations, it won'...

The British economy was 0.6% larger in the fourth quarter of 2021 than in the final quarter of 2019, compared with an earlier estimate that it was 1.2% smaller, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Friday.