BBCNEWS Breakfast June 4, 2024 06:02:00
Jeremy hunt has warned that he's planning to make difficult decisions and face into the economic storm, although he's also expected to announce an increase to benefits, tax credits, and state pensions, and to extend some help with energy bills beyond april. it's thought this will be funded by significant tax increases, as our business correspondent caroline davies reports. new chancellor, the fourth this year, and a new autumn statement. with inflation at its highest in 41 years, and warnings about the uk facing the longest recession since records began, the stakes are high, and around the uk ...