Hunt: Tax Cuts Are Priority
Daily Express|April 30, 2024
Chancellor...'We can bring down tax burden after getting economy back on track'
Martyn Brown 
Hunt: Tax Cuts Are Priority

JEREMY Hunt vowed tax cuts are the Government's "absolute priority" in a rallying cry to boost Tory poll hopes.

The Chancellor said ministers are focused on bringing down the burden for millions as the economy continues to recover.

His upbeat message comes as Rishi Sunak faces one of the most difficult weeks of his premiership, with party rebels plotting to oust him after anticipated poor results in local elections on Thursday.

The Prime Minister has announced a series of policies on benefits, migrant flights to Rwanda and defence spending in a bid to shore up his position.

But Mr Hunt struck an optimistic tone as he signalled to the Daily Express better days lay ahead.

He also warned that Labour could not be trusted with the economy and said that Sir Keir Starmer's party was "forced" to back pensioners.

As the latest 2p cut in National Insurance appeared on millions of workers' payslips today, Mr Hunt suggested more could be on the way this year. He added: "It's absolutely our priority to carry on bringing down the tax burden. And we can do that because we have taken very difficult decisions to get the economy back on track.

"When I became Chancellor 18 months ago, we had inflation at more than 11%.

Denne historien er fra April 30, 2024-utgaven av Daily Express.

Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.

Denne historien er fra April 30, 2024-utgaven av Daily Express.

Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.

FLERE HISTORIER FRA DAILY EXPRESSSe alt
We won't call it quits on blitz
Daily Express

We won't call it quits on blitz

HENRY STILL CONVINCED SYSTEM WILL TAME BOKS

time-read
2 mins  |
November 14, 2024
JACOB BATS AWAY THE SUDDEN HYPE
Daily Express

JACOB BATS AWAY THE SUDDEN HYPE

Bethell keeps a level head after rapid England impact

time-read
2 mins  |
November 14, 2024
Open wound still stings for Rory
Daily Express

Open wound still stings for Rory

'IT'S ONE THAT GOT AWAY'

time-read
2 mins  |
November 14, 2024
First test looming for Lewis
Daily Express

First test looming for Lewis

NEW YEAR REVOLUTION

time-read
2 mins  |
November 14, 2024
STRAIGHT AS A DY
Daily Express

STRAIGHT AS A DY

O'Brien star will not lack for fitness

time-read
1 min  |
November 14, 2024
Pie heir 'killed his friend in planned Christmas attack'
Daily Express

Pie heir 'killed his friend in planned Christmas attack'

THE heir to a £230million pie empire murdered his housemate by stabbing him in a planned Christmas Eve attack, a jury was told.

time-read
1 min  |
November 14, 2024
Shoplift gang's £200k haul of luxury goods
Daily Express

Shoplift gang's £200k haul of luxury goods

THREE shoplifters who plundered supermarkets and walked away with luxury goods, including champagne worth £4,500, have been jailed.

time-read
1 min  |
November 14, 2024
Church requires 'a hurricane of change' to clean up its act
Daily Express

Church requires 'a hurricane of change' to clean up its act

DAME Vera Baird wants more senior clerics to quit or be fired over Church of England abuse revelations.

time-read
1 min  |
November 14, 2024
£1.4m payout for mum flung from fairground ride
Daily Express

£1.4m payout for mum flung from fairground ride

A MOTHER who suffered serious injuries when she was hurled from a fairground ride has agreed a £1.43million settlement.

time-read
1 min  |
November 14, 2024
Give Beeb's overpaid nonentities red card
Daily Express

Give Beeb's overpaid nonentities red card

IN AN increasingly bleak world, a piece of unmitigated good news is exceedingly welcome and here it is: Gary Lineker is stepping down from Match Of The Day.

time-read
2 mins  |
November 14, 2024