Tag: Hunt

A woke in the park with Jeremy Hunt

IN HIS Budget speech, Jeremy Hunt allocated £1million to support a proposal for the National Memorial Arboretum to honour an estimated 750,000 Muslims who have fought for British armed forces. No mention was made of the hundreds of thousands of Hindu and Sikh personnel who defended the Empire. However, the Chancellor’s virtue signalling did not stop […]

Hunt misses the point – it’s not tax but public spending that must be slashed

The Autumn Statement at a glance: BENEFITS above-inflation increase 6.7 per cent   PENSIONS above-inflation increase 8.4 per centHUNT’S public sector ‘improve productivity by 0.5 per cent pa’ requestOBR’S extraordinary fiscal numbers and growth forecast  THE veil has been lifted. In a remarkably candid, foolish or perhaps arrogantly dismissive article, depending on your take, the former Chancellor […]