Budget 2024
Hunt's 2p NI cut will 'somewhat offset' Robison's tax increase for high earners
![Chancellor Jeremy Hunt cut National Insurance and raised the small business VAT threshold](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16935507.jpg)
![Chancellor Jeremy Hunt cut National Insurance and raised the small business VAT threshold](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16935507.jpg)
![Keir Starmer and Jeremy Hunt at the 2024 Spring Budget in the House of Commons](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17840128.jpg)
![Keir Starmer and Jeremy Hunt at the 2024 Spring Budget in the House of Commons](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17840128.jpg)
LETTER OF THE DAY 📨
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![Rishi Sunak](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17833915.jpg)
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![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt share pleasantries in the Commons on Wednesday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17834741.jpg)
![Scottish Tory MPs under pressure to oppose Hunt's Windfall Tax](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17832906.jpg)
![Scottish Tory MPs under pressure to oppose Hunt's Windfall Tax](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17832906.jpg)
![Jeremy Hunt admits Scottish oil and gas industry are budget 'losers'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17819183.jpg)
![Jeremy Hunt admits Scottish oil and gas industry are budget 'losers'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17819183.jpg)
Updated
![Budget live blog: Ross 'on resignation watch' over Hunt's windfall tax plan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17824184.jpg)
![Budget live blog: Ross 'on resignation watch' over Hunt's windfall tax plan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17824184.jpg)
![Mark Kent says the Treasury has provided some 'much-needed certainty and stability' for the year ahead](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17825498.jpg)
![Mark Kent says the Treasury has provided some 'much-needed certainty and stability' for the year ahead](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17825498.jpg)
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![Budget: Jeremy Hunt undermines Douglas Ross with windfall tax extension](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16869045.jpg)
![Budget: Jeremy Hunt undermines Douglas Ross with windfall tax extension](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16869045.jpg)
Updated
![Douglas Ross in 'stand up row' with PM over plans to extend windfall tax](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17824000.jpg)
![Douglas Ross in 'stand up row' with PM over plans to extend windfall tax](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17824000.jpg)
![Budget: Jeremy Hunt set to announce 'Union tax cut' with 2p off NationaI Insurance](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17822777.jpg)
![Budget: Jeremy Hunt set to announce 'Union tax cut' with 2p off NationaI Insurance](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17822777.jpg)
![The Scottish Government's External Affairs Secretary, Angus Robertson, this week launched the latest paper on independence, An Independent Scotland’s Place in the World](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12670319.jpg)
![The Scottish Government's External Affairs Secretary, Angus Robertson, this week launched the latest paper on independence, An Independent Scotland’s Place in the World](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12670319.jpg)
![Ross's pleas ignored as Hunt moves to extend windfall tax to pay for 2p NI cut](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17811897.jpg)
![Ross's pleas ignored as Hunt moves to extend windfall tax to pay for 2p NI cut](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17811897.jpg)
Budget
![SNP call on Chancellor to create no-VAT 'mini enterprise zones' to help pubs and bars](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17818493.jpg)
![SNP call on Chancellor to create no-VAT 'mini enterprise zones' to help pubs and bars](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17818493.jpg)
Exclusive
!['An unacceptable blow:' Douglas Ross stand up to Chancellor over Windfall Tax plan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17811897.jpg)
!['An unacceptable blow:' Douglas Ross stand up to Chancellor over Windfall Tax plan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17811897.jpg)
Tory conference
![Rishi Sunak](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17808914.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17808914.jpg)
Tory Conference
![Firms turning to cash-in-hand to dodge Hunt's VAT stealth tax, says Tory hopeful](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17808593.jpg)
![Firms turning to cash-in-hand to dodge Hunt's VAT stealth tax, says Tory hopeful](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17808593.jpg)
Tory conference
![Sunak in energy row as Chancellor mulls extending windfall levy to pay for tax cuts](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17358530.jpg)
![Sunak in energy row as Chancellor mulls extending windfall levy to pay for tax cuts](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17358530.jpg)
Tory conference
![Humza Yousaf calls on Jeremy Hunt to do more to tackle child poverty](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17790467.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf calls on Jeremy Hunt to do more to tackle child poverty](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17790467.jpg)
![Hunt under pressure to cut 'counterproductive' duty on whisky](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9362005.jpg)
![Hunt under pressure to cut 'counterproductive' duty on whisky](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9362005.jpg)
Exclusive
![Jeremy Hunt is expected to announce a raft of tax cuts in his next budget](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17707545.jpg)
![Jeremy Hunt is expected to announce a raft of tax cuts in his next budget](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17707545.jpg)
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