Autumn Statement: Are Taxes Really Getting Cut?
Jeremy Hunt announces tax cuts, but the overall tax burden is still rising
November 22, 2023
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November 22, 2023
Autumn Statement: Are Taxes Really Getting Cut?
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<p>The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, announced ‘the biggest tax cut in British history’ for businesses and the ‘largest ever tax cut for workers’ in today’s Autumn Statement. </p><p>But are these tax cuts all they seem? How come overall the tax burden will rise to the highest level since the Second World War? And did the Chancellor hint at a spring election?</p><p>Adam and Chris are joined by the BBC’s economics editor Faisal Islam and the chief executive of the CBI Rain Newton-Smith to talk this all through.
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