Jeremy Hunt

Consultancy claims that exits since Rachel Reeves changed the tax rules in April to raise £34 billion are 50 per cent more than the official forecast

The former Conservative prime minister, who would have been 100 this week, took economics seriously as the foundation of governing

Little wonder the under-40s laud Margaret Thatcher: she valued hard work, unlike the rules that penalise them today

Health secretary delighted by Times report saying the PM and chancellor are planning to pin blame on Nigel Farage for tax hikes in the budget

Plus: Theresa May’s ‘rapport’ with Trump; Jamie Oliver’s Cornish fracas; Nigel Planer’s confused critics; and clubbable Cavendish

Is the OBR about to throw in the towel on UK growth at the very moment things are about to improve?

Rachel Reeves should avoid making the UK less transparent than competitor economies by cutting down the number of official forecasts

The Office for Budget Responsibility has downgraded its forecasts, so the chancellor has no fiscal headroom and may have to use one of the big tax levers

Plus: Menzies Campbell’s revenge; a whipping from Mrs Thatcher; Ian Hislop on Loose Women; and tales of a flirtatious landlady

Worries over business rate changes expected in Rachel Reeves’s November speech that leave companies ‘staring down barrel’ of closure from £2bn rise in costs