BBCNEWS Newsnight July 2, 2024
the chancellor says we've turned a corner, but is the uk now in a cul—de—sac? i now call the chancellor to make the autumn statement, jeremy hunt. jeremy hunt trumpets a two percentage point cut in national insurance, and an almost 2% rise in the living wage, but the uk tax burden is still the heaviest since world war ii, and growth forecasts are down, so will the cost of living crisis still be a cost of living crisis next year and the year after? nick's been out gauging reaction injeremy hunt's patch. ijust i just worry that this is a government that is running out of good idea...
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