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On bbc one from 10.15am. spending cuts of about £35 billion and plans to raise some £20 billion in tax in the coming years are expected to be set out in thursday's autumn statement. none ofjeremy hunt's decisions have been officially confirmed, but it is understood most of the extra revenue will come from freezing tax thresholds. 0ur political correspondent ben wright explains what the bbc has been told will be announced. well, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has already talked about horrible, eye—wateringly difficult decisions that he's going to have to make on thursday when he delivers this...

Here in the uk, spending cuts of about £35 billion and plans to raise some £20 billion in tax in the coming years are expected to be set out on thursday. the autumn statement is one of two big economic statements made by the government every year and seen as a test for the new prime minister rishi sunak. 0ur political correspondent ben wright has been giving us more details about what we could expect. i think it will be the defining political and economic moment of rishi sunak�*s government. the consequences and legacy of this then will last for years in terms of taxes and public spending....

However, people on the ground will be waiting to see when it actually happens. spending cuts of about £35 billion and plans to raise some 20 billion in tax in the coming years are expected to be set out in thursday's autumn statement. 0ur political correspondent ben wright has been giving us more details about what we could expect. i think it will be the defining political and economic moment of rishi sunak�*s government. the consequences and the legacy of this will last for years, in terms of taxes and public spending. and we know that the size of the fiscal hole that it is called, the gap...

Spending. and we know that the size of the fiscal hole that it is called, the gap between what the government spends and what it is getting in in taxes, the government reckons it is about £55 billion a year, so they are the raw sums that the chancellor is dealing with. and he has already warned of eye—wateringly difficult choices as he approaches this statement. now, we won't know, of course, the exact details about the plan until the chancellor stands up on thursday but sources close to the spreadsheets are giving us some sense of what is likely to be in this plan. on taxes, i mean, the go...

There all this bad blood which has built up since the days of brexit, but what a new prime minister is going to have to do will not go down well with their own party. it is going to involve difficult decisions. we have heard that from jeremy hunt, who is expected by most as chancellor, although not guaranteed. rishi sunak, if he were to win, has already said there are going to be eye—wateringly difficult decisions and to get there is to parliament you will need a party thatis parliament you will need a party that is very much together and pulling on the same direction. whoever it is whenever...