LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Jeremy Hunt started to deliver his budget statement to the House of Commons on Wednesday, seeking to revive the bleak election prospects of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party.
Below are quotes on the key issues:
HUNT ON ECONOMIC PRIORITIES:
“Because of the progress we’ve made, because we are delivering the prime minister’s economic priorities, we can now help families not just with temporary cost of living support, but with permanent cuts in taxation.”
(Reporting by Kate Holton, Sarah Young and Suban Abdulla)
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