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UK chancellor attempts to paint Tories as tax-cutters in speech drawing battle lines for next electionUK politics live – latest updatesJeremy Hunt has said further tax cuts are on the way in the autumn after the economy has “turned a corner”, as he criticised Keir Starmer for promising “motherhood and apple pie”.The UK chancellor attempted to draw the battle lines for the next election...

Chancellor says less room now for giveaway in March despite being widely thought to be gearing up for cutsThe chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has said there will be less room for tax cuts in the spring budget next month, just days after the International Monetary Fund warned that the UK needed to focus on repairing its public finances.Hunt, who in November announced he was cutting...