Conservative Treasury News Today

There was warmth and good cheer at the technology hub in Dudley on Thursday morning as Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner launched Labour’s local election campaign.

U.K. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt says the government can afford to lower some taxes now that inflation is falling, but that any cuts will come along with a squeeze on welfare benefits. British media have reported that there will be relief for businesses and wealthy property-owners in Hunt’s autumn budget statement on Wednesday. Hunt told Saturday's Daily Telegraph newspaper that the British economy had “turned the corner.”

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UK News: UK Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt has stated that the government can lower taxes as inflation falls, but this will be accompanied by cuts to welfare benef

Chancellor agrees ‘mortgage charter’ to help borrowers but Labour says intervention is ‘weak’

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says party would force banks to take a range of steps to protect borrowers

Shadow ministers, officials and think tankers are working on a paper setting out the party’s approach to the digital economy.

The former chancellor said high taxes were not the way to create prosperity.

Liz Truss’ mini-budget is the latest in a long line of Conservative attacks on economic orthodoxy.

Andrew Griffith tells business people at Tory conference that ‘fantastic’ Truss is right to prioritise wealth creation