Sunday shows round-up: will the Autumn Statement bring cuts?

This week the politics shows were focused on the economy, as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt prepares to make his autumn statement next Wednesday. Hunt has signalled he may deliver tax cuts, and has said ‘everything is on the table’. Laura Kuenssberg pointed out that the tax burden is the highest it has ever been, despite the Conservatives being in power for thirteen years, and asked if Hunt regretted that situation. Hunt admitted he’d been forced to make difficult decisions because of the pandemic and subsequent high inflation, and said he believed lower taxes were essential for ‘dynamic, thriving… economies’. 

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Hunt refused to confirm any details on which tax cuts may be happening, but he did talk about the benefits cuts he announced this week.