The Latest Breaking News from Jeremy Hunt

Prime minister to tell people on universal credit to find jobs they can do from home or face benefit cut of £4,680

Welfare reforms will include more support to help people find work and a tougher sanctions regime for the work-shy

The chancellor is estimated to have billions to play with and has a range of options from lowering income tax to cutting inheritance tax

A benefits shake-up that would see those with mental health or mobility problems told to search for work which is possible from home is also expected.

The funding is intended to support the ‘next generation’ of university ‘spin-outs’.

The idea may have a superficial appeal given the stock market’s state but Jeremy Hunt would be well advised to steer clear

Letters: Cutting a tax that only the most affluent of estates pay is politically, morally and economically wrong, writes Thomas Nurcombe. Plus letters from David Murray, Les Bright, Richard Baynes and Val Seddon

Jeremy Hunt is set to deliver the Autumn Statement on Wednesday

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s budget on Wednesday, November 22 will put into place a major piece of the Conservative party’s strategy for the general election – the plan to turn the economy around and tackle the cost of living crisis. But with just over a year to go before an election…