No tax cuts guarantee but burden will go down – Hunt

JEREMY Hunt has declined to give a "cast-iron guarantee" of tax cuts, while insisting the tax burden would go down under a future Conservative government.

He also claimed Labour's economic plans would lead to tax rises and accused the Opposition of attempting to scare pensioners with lies about national insurance.

Following a speech in London in which he sought to draw dividing lines between the two main political parties ahead of the coming general election, the Chancellor was asked if he could guarantee taxes will fall.