Posted 3/2/2024, 10:30:00 PM
Hunt Vows Crackdown on Woke Bureaucracy to Fund Tax Cuts Despite Gloomy Economic Forecasts
- Hunt plans to crack down on "immoral" bureaucracy and waste in the public sector to fund tax cuts, including slashing civil service jobs back to pre-pandemic levels
- He criticized spending on "woke" initiatives in Whitehall departments that he finds "very hard to defend"
- Economic forecasts received this week have "gone against" Hunt, leaving less fiscal room than hoped for the Budget
- He is weighing options like axing "non-dom" status or extending the windfall tax to fund tax relief for Middle England
- Hunt faces backlash from Tory MPs and military over reports of no new money for defense in the Budget despite request from Defense Secretary