Hunt Faces Uphill Battle to Win Over Voters Before 2024 Election Despite Potential Giveaways
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Jeremy Hunt faces an uphill battle to improve the Conservatives' political fortunes before the next election. The economy is unlikely to recover quickly enough.
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Measures Hunt is considering for the Autumn Statement, like inheritance tax cuts, may be poorly targeted and fail to shift public opinion.
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In a best case scenario, the economy avoids recession and slowly recovers in 2024. But that depends on uncertain assumptions.
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After 13 years in power, voters seem ready for a change regardless of recent economic developments. Labour lost in 2010 despite recovery from the financial crisis.
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Hunt can announce pre-election giveaways knowing that Labour's Rachel Reeves will likely have to deal with the consequences. She should blame the outgoing government like Labour failed to in 2010.