Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement explained

<p>Energy price cap extended beyond April, windfall tax hiked to 35%, more money for schools and the NHS. Following <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/autumn-statement-2022-jeremy-hunt-capital-gains-nhs-budget-education-tax-spending-energy-national-living-wage-pensions-b1040637.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement</a>, our <a href="https://twitter.com/DJBond6873" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Deputy Political Editor David Bond</a> deconstructs today’s medium-term budget announcement. Plus economist <a href="https://twitter.com/franboait" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fran Boait</a> from <a href="https://positivemoney.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Positive Money</a> gives her reaction to the fiscal plans. In this episode:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Jeremy Hunt’s tax rises explained</li><li>How will the public react to more tax rises?</li><li>Where has spending been cut?</li><li>The ‘grim’ mood at Westminster</li><li>Why the government should have focussed more on wages</li><li>People feeling the impacts of the economy ‘from all directions’</li></ul><p><br></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/EveningStandard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow us on Twitter</a> #TheLeaderPodcast</p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>