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The Latest Breaking News on PM unveils five new pledges as he promises tax cuts ahead of Autumn Statement

Councils in Scotland face crippling budget black holes of more than £1.2billion

The massive deficits across 32 local authorities have sparked fears of major tax rises or deep cuts to services.

Daily Record

Middle-income families hit hard by Government tax plans

Middle-income families will be worse off by thousands of pounds over the next six years, according to newly published analysis of the Government’s autumn statement.

Evening Standard

The Observer view on Britain’s financial crisis being made in Russia – oh, come off it, Jeremy Hunt

Britain is largely in the mess it’s in because of a decade of Tory austerity policies, compounded by the destructive lies told about Brexit

The Guardian - UK

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'Working people are paying the price to fix the mess made by Tories in Downing Street'

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says that as a result of the choices the Tories have made, we are facing the biggest drop in living standards in generations - and adds that Britain deserves better

Daily Mirror

Chancellor Hunt is taking voters for fools with delayed cuts

THE UK economy is in recession. Taxes are at their highest in 70 years. According to the Office for Budget Responsibility, living standards are…

The National (Scotland)

High earners must pay their fair share for sake of society

Record View says the Scottish Government must hold their nerve and ensure those with the broadest shoulders pay their way.

Daily Record

Councillors say council financial crisis can't be dumped on those in cost of living hardship

"We don't agree with some who are already saying 'nothing can be done'"

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The Guardian view on tax rises: a necessary change

Editorial: No one likes having to pay more, but hard times and Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement have put the issue at the centre of politics

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt statement sets scene for ‘grim’ fall in living standards

Recession to last until 2024 as taxes climb to highest level since Second World War

The Independent UK

Warning that petrol and diesel will rise by '12p a litre in March'

The Chancellor has been warned not to go ahead with any rise in fuel duty, but he's said today there has been no decision made and it is not Government policy

Wales Online

A tough Autumn Statement but some positives on R&D and innovation

Public spending on R&D will increase to £20bn a year by 2024-25, a cash increase of around a third compared to 2021-22.

Birmingham Post

How the autumn statement brought back the ‘squeezed middle’

Respected thinktanks say Jeremy Hunt’s policies will shock Middle England, with higher taxes here to stay

The Guardian - UK

Council tax rise not on cards in Wirral after government allows 5% increase

“Why should our council tax payers, particularly the poorest, have to pay for this government’s incompetence?"

Liverpool Echo

'Hidden horrors' in the small print of Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement

From the highest tax burden since the Second World War, to a £250 bombshell rise for council tax payers

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Daily Mirror

Tory rebel Esther McVey fumes Jeremy Hunt could have 'put final nail in election hopes'

The former Work and Pensions Secretary said she could not support the tax rises announced in yesterday's Autumn Statement and said that money should be saved on projects such as HS2

Insider UK

Sturgeon: Next year’s Scottish budget will be a ‘difficult balancing act’

John Swinney said extra cash from Westminster 'does not change' the Scottish Government's position on public sector pay deals

The National (Scotland)

Nicola Sturgeon says next year's Scottish Budget will be 'difficult balancing act'

NICOLA Sturgeon has said Scotland’s Budget for next year will be a “difficult balancing act”.

The Independent UK

UK economy damaged by ‘own goals’ like Brexit and Liz Truss’s Budget, economists say

Institute for Fiscal Studies says UK faces ‘long, unpleasant journey’ over next few years

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Evening Standard

The Standard View: Pain for Londoners as hundreds of thousands to be dragged into higher tax thresholds

Jeremy Hunt has taken a gamble. No doubt, pain is guaranteed for millions of people over the coming years. The tax burden is rising ever-higher as middle earners are dragged into higher rates of tax, while living standards are set to suffer the greatest fall on record. But despite the…

The Independent UK

Sturgeon: Next year’s Scottish budget will be a ‘difficult balancing act’

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced extra funding for Scotland via the Barnett formula on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Relief meets fear as UK budget calms economy but brings pain

Britain’s Conservative government is defending its decision to hike taxes for millions of working people in the “squeezed middle” class as it tries to shore up an economy battered by double-digit inflation

Evening Standard

Emily Sheffield: A bad hand played well still leaves Jeremy Hunt with a mountain to climb

Make no mistake, the contents of this financial statement are hitting the ‘just about managing’ middle classes devastatingly hard. No jam in sight anywhere for the JAMs… By freezing the basic and higher rate income tax thresholds until 2028, the Treasury hopes to raise £6 billion, as this stealth tax…

Evening Standard

Martin Lewis: Spring will bring ‘perfect storm’, warns money-saving expert as he delivers his Autumn Statement verdict

Lewis is urging people to start budgeting and planning for next year

Evening Standard

Autumn Statement reaction: Higher tax ‘here to stay’ as pain goes on

New warning that burden unlikely to return to pre-Covid level ‘any time in coming decades’

Daily Record

Scottish Budget a difficult balancing act following Autumn Statement and UK financial mismanagement

Writing for the Record, the First Minister has warned most Scots will be worse off as a result of the UK Government's Autumn Statement.

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