Can Jeremy Hunt’s spring budget revive Britain’s Tories?
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Will the chancellor offer tax cuts in a bid to win votes or steer clear of any bold moves with potential to backfire?
Jeremy Hunt, the United Kingdom’s chancellor of the Exchequer, is poised to deliver his spring budget as the country prepares itself for the likelihood of a general election this year.
Despite coming under pressure from within his party to unveil a package of pre-election goodies on Wednesday, Hunt has pledged to deliver a “responsible” budget amid speculation that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak believes that his finance secretary “lacks imagination”.
Indeed, on Monday, the prime minister’s spokesperson was forced to deny allegations that Sunak, himself chancellor from 2020 to 2022 during the Conservative Party premiership of Boris Johnson, viewed Hunt as “timid”.
“Absolutely not,” the spokesperson said. “The chancellor is working very closely with the prime minister to deliver our plan for the economy, and obviously, the chancellor will be setting out further measures in line with that on Wednesday at the budget.”
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