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Aletha Adu, political correspondent: The chancellor opens his second autumn statement with a few attempted jabs at the Labour party, insisting the government will not give the unions “unaffordable pay offers”, not ban new gas and oil exploration or increase borrowing by £28bn a year.
Aletha Adu, political correspondent: In what is meant to be an uplifting statement that could be the last before the next general election, Hunt leaned on the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast claiming the 110 measures announced will raise business investment, get more people into work, reduce inflation next year and increase GDP.
The chancellor sought to portray the prime minister as getting the job done, in order to charm voters, suggesting Sunak has already ticked off three of his pledges.
Hunt relies on what will become a popular Tory attack line in the run-up to the next election, dubbing Reeves a “copy and paste” chancellor.
But the uncertainty placed on these benefits, and the pressure placed on struggling households as a result, is a feeling many Tory MPs fear their constituents will not be able to forget at the ballot box.
Creating more political traps for Labour, Hunt confirmed benefit sanctions that will certainly appease rightwing Tory MPs, but concern many who already believe 13 years of Conservative governments have failed to invest in healthcare and public services, increasing the rise in long-term sickness and also destroying the barely there safety net for the most vulnerable
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