Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement explained
Tax rises, spending cuts, but schools and NHS supported
The Standard · Rachelle Abbott
November 17, 202214m 45s
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Show Notes
Energy price cap extended beyond April, windfall tax hiked to 35%, more money for schools and the NHS. Following the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement, our Deputy Political Editor David Bond deconstructs today’s medium-term budget announcement. Plus economist Fran Boait from Positive Money gives her reaction to the fiscal plans. In this episode:
- Jeremy Hunt’s tax rises explained
- How will the public react to more tax rises?
- Where has spending been cut?
- The ‘grim’ mood at Westminster
- Why the government should have focussed more on wages
- People feeling the impacts of the economy ‘from all directions’
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