Politics

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was accused of taking the public for fools after he announced tax cuts that will still leave millions of people worse off in his Autumn Statement

A Unison survey of more than 13,000 support staff such as teaching assistants, caterers and cleaners found nearly all (96%) worry their pay isn't enough to cover their bills

At the Covid Inquiry, Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch said there was a fear in some ethnic minority communities that the Government was trying to harm people through the vaccine

At the Covid Inquiry, Dame Angela McLean, who branded Rishi Sunak 'Dr Death' in WhatsApps, said ministers 'made the same mistake three times' by locking down too late

Home Secretary James Cleverly has denied making the remark but the Conservative Mayor of the Tees Valley Ben Houchen accused him of 'dragging Stockton's name through the mud'

Brexit has once again returned to TV screens during Nigel Farage's stint on ITV's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out - meanwhile a study suggests being clever is linked to voting habits

Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock will appear at the Covid Inquiry next week alongside the ex-Deputy PM Dominic Raab and a host of city mayors including Andy Burnham

The Institute for Fiscal Studies said reductions in national insurance and a tax break for firms announced in the Autumn Statement would be offset by higher for longer inflation

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show 1.2 million people moved to the UK and 508,000 left in the year to June 2023 - meaning 672,000 more people arrived that departed

Jeremy Hunt unveiled his Autumn Statement yesterday - delivering his latest economic plan - but it is clearly out of touch for countless Brits, including single parent working families and retired pensioners, who are already "on their knees", according Labour

Analysis by the Resolution Foundation said richest Brits are most likely to benefit from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement, which saw cuts to National Insurance that will likely be wiped out by Tory stealth taxes

Home Secretary James Cleverly was accused of calling Stockton North MP Alex Cunningham's constituency a 'sh**hole' during a heated exchange in the Commons

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt promised a 2p cut to the rate of national insurance in the Autumn Statement in a desperate bid to turn around the Tories' dire poll ratings

Doctors said the Chancellor's failure to cough up extra cash for the NHS in the Autumn Statement will mean patients are forced to wait for hours on trolleys in A&Es this winter

Today Jeremy Hunt said people signing off work sick were a “waste of potential” and that it was “morally wrong” that 100,000 people were on benefits without having to look for work

Writing for the Daily Mirror, TUC general secretary Paul Nowak says that even more austerity is on the way after digesting Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said that the Autumn Statement contained the 'biggest package of tax cuts since the 1980s' but his boasts have quickly unravelled. Here's what's in the small print

Writing for The Mirror, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves warns families will still be worse off after the Autumn Statement as the cost of shopping, energy bills and mortgages all soar

The Mirror's Kevin Maguire gives his verdict on the Tory Autumn Statement, as he warns 'taking people for fools will backfire on Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak'

The Chancellor’s big fiscal speech had been widely expected to be a pre-election pitch - laying out a banquet of eye-catching tax cuts to tempt the public to vote Tory

The Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt 'was forced to leaf through a dog-eared guidebook to previous Tory victories' writes The Mirror's head of politics Jason Beattie

Giving her reaction to the statement, Rachel Reeves said working people are "worse off" despite the Government's promises - and said voters would not trust the Tories to "fix" problems faced by the NHS and other services.

Responding to the Autumn Statement Labour's Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said Britain will still be worse off under the Tories after Jeremy Hunt cut national insurance by 2p

Home Secretary James Cleverly strongly denied the accusation, while Labour MP Alex Cunningham said he was 'assured' it was him and called on him to 'apologise without reservation'

The Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said at the Autumn Statement benefits will be 'stopped' for claimants if they 'choose not to engage' with new mandatory work placements