Jeremy Hunt

Rishi Sunak to become next PM

Rishi Sunak is set to become the next leader of the Conservative party and the UK prime minister after becoming the sole candidate to surpass the threshold of 100 votes. Penny Mordaunt announced she was withdrawing from the race only minutes before the nominations deadline at 14:00 BST today (24…

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Liz Truss steps down as prime minister 

Liz Truss has announced that she is standing as prime minister after a turbulent week for the government, just six weeks after taking up the premiership. The statement of her resignation was made at 13:30pm today (20 October) following a meeting between Truss and Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the…

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Alcohol duty u-turn a ‘huge blow’, says BBPA

Trade bodies in the hospitality industry have criticised the decision to scrap the proposed freeze on alcohol duty, claiming it represents a “huge blow” to pubs and brewers. Newly appointed chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt confirmed a u-turn on the planned freeze of alcohol duty proposed by his predecessor…

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Chancellor reverses almost all mini-budget tax cuts

Newly appointed chancellor Jeremy Hunt has reversed almost all of the mini-budget commitments made by previous chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng last month, in a statement made at the Treasury today (17 October). He confirmed the basic rate of income tax will remain at 20% “indefinitely” until the economic situation stabilises, marking…

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UKHospitality ‘wary’ as UK plans listing calories on restaurant menus

Jeremy Hunt has announced that the government is considering forcing restaurants to publish calorie information on their menus. During the announcement Hunt said that the government would consider exemplifying smaller businesses from the changes, however he said “all the big chains that we go to, they must give people that…

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