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Podcast: Beyond Currency
Episode: 31 October 2022 - How will Hunt avoid spending cuts?
Description: In a couple of weeks, Jeremy Hunt will present MPs with what it is hoped will be a carefully crafted plan to combat the gaping hole in the country's finances.
Whatever he does, it is bound to be unpopular. Presenting a budget at a time when the economy is struggling always is, and introducing plans that give the financial market confidence that the economy will recover and grow always costs the man in the street, whether through reduced services or by higher taxation.
One issue yet to be decided is the triple lock on the state pension and whether the...