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The Latest Breaking News from Jeremy Hunt

Rishi Sunak set to scrap HS2 Manchester leg as Tory mayor leads backlash

The Treasury declined to rule out plans being drawn up surrounding the axing of the route from Birmingham to Manchester

Evening Standard

Hunt’s speech pleases Tory faithful but is unlikely to resonate with voters

Cost of living crisis, rising unemployment and extended NHS waiting times will determine government’s chances in general election

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s majority at risk as 60 Tory MPs join Liz Truss group

Former PM told Tory members to ‘unleash their inner conservative’ at packed rally

The Independent UK

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Sunak makes pitch to Tory right as Truss draws conference crowd

The Prime Minister seemed set to scale back HS2 amid announcements on cutting the size of the Civil Service and imposing tougher benefits conditions.

The Independent UK

Scrapping of HS2 northern leg slammed by locals: ‘Biggest two fingers to the North in decades’

Business leaders and residents in the North slam government plans to delay HS2 as ‘complete betrayal’

The Independent UK

Hunt sets out plan to shrink civil service as Tory pressure to cut taxes mounts

Jeremy Hunt said improving public sector productivity could allow him to cut taxes.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s Commons majority in peril as 60 Tories join Liz Truss group

Growth Group now same size as government’s majority, as it urges PM to cut taxes and resume fracking

The Guardian - UK

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How The Independent revealed Sunak’s plan to cut HS2 - and how the government reacted

The Independent’s revelations about HS2 rocked Westminster

The Independent UK

HS2 northern leg scrapped – weeks after The Independent revealed Rishi Sunak’s plan to axe it

PM set to make announcement after we first revealed ‘Project Redwood’ talks to shelve high-speed rail link

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt admits he flew to Manchester Tory conference from London

The Chancellor said he took a BA flight because his train was cancelled amid industrial action.

Evening Standard

I’ll chart a path to lower taxes – I just can’t say when, Jeremy Hunt tells Tories

The Chancellor has ruled out tax cuts this year but is keeping alive hopes of a pre-election giveaway

Evening Standard

Chancellor Jeremy Hunts says tearing children away from phone screens is ‘nightmare’

The Chancellor has described the “nightmare” he has tearing his children away from their phone and iPad screens as plans for a ban on mobiles in the classroom were expected to be announced.

Evening Standard

Jeremy Hunt signals axe for HS2’s northern leg as he slams ‘totally unacceptable’ costs

Chancellor questions why it costs ‘10 times more’ to build high-speed rail in UK than France

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt distances himself from Suella Braverman after asylum speech backlash

Suella Braverman called for an overhaul of the UN Refugee Convention, arguing it had become far too generous to migrants

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

NHS pays doctor £7,900 to cover striking colleagues

Multiple hospitals say they have shelled out more than £3,000 for a strike shift

The Independent UK

Hunt distances himself from Braverman’s migration speech

The Chancellor said he ‘wouldn’t use her words’ as he defended allowing skilled foreign workers into the UK.

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak accused of presiding over ‘chaos’ as Tory conference braces for news of HS2 Manchester leg cancellation – as it happened

Andy Burnham, Labour mayor of Greater Manchester, says news would be ‘profoundly depressing’

The Independent UK

UK Treasury chief says he'll hike the minimum wage but rules out tax cuts while inflation stays high

Britain’s Treasury chief is announcing a hike in the national minimum wage

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The Independent UK

Hunt rules out big tax cuts despite Tory calls for pre-election giveaway

The Chancellor said cuts this year would ‘compromise’ the battle against inflation.

The Independent UK

Hunt to raise living wage to £11 an hour and crackdown on benefit ‘shirkers’

National living wage to increase to £11 an hour, Hunt to promise at Tory conference

The Independent UK

Hunt to set out tougher welfare rules and boost living wage at Tory conference

Other measures at the Manchester gathering will include a plan to ban mobile phones in England’s schools.

The Guardian - UK

Time to withhold benefits from those who won’t look for work, says Jeremy Hunt

Cash-strapped chancellor to pledge changes to welfare system in speech at Tory conference on Monday

The Independent UK

Hunt to confirm ‘pay boost for two million’ as living wage rises to £11 an hour

The Chancellor will announce the move to the Conservative conference on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

Sunday at Tory conference: highlights of the day

A row over tax cuts, a car crash start for Onward and the home secretary accused of attention-seeking

The Independent UK

Sunak faces open revolt over refusal to back tax cuts

(And he STILL won’t come clean about plan to cancel northern leg of HS2)

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