How the Tory budget could be a headache for Labour
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🗓️ 21 November 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Tomorrow, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will present his Autumn Statement to the Commons. For a government down in the polls, it may offer the opportunity for giveaways - and the Prime Minister says his government “can and will” cut taxes. But, with an economic recovery precarious, and coming before a general election next year, could a future Labour government be left paying the bill?
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| 0:55.0 | Tomorrow, like so many chancellors before him, Jeremy Hunt will leave 11 Downing Street for what must be the most |
| 1:06.7 | awkward photo op in Westminster, smiling while brandishing his red box. |
| 1:13.0 | But the autumn statement locked away inside the briefcase |
| 1:17.0 | is already causing controversy. |
| 1:20.0 | The Chancellor is expanding the restart scheme in job centres, providing intensive support for those who've been out of work for more than six months, |
| 1:28.0 | but he will remove benefits from anyone who refuses to accept a job or training after being unemployed for 18 months or more. |
| 1:36.7 | We believe that work is good for everyone. We don't think that sitting at home on benefits is good for anyone's mental health and |
| 1:45.2 | it's not fair to taxpayers either. Following rumors that there might be |
| 1:50.4 | potential tax cuts in the offing the Prime Minister confirmed that there might be potential tax cuts in the offing, the Prime Minister confirmed that there might be |
| 1:54.6 | some goodies on offer tomorrow. |
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