Five takeaways from Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget

Chancellor announces 2p cut to National Insurance, freezes fuel and alcohol duty, and suggests inflation will fall below 2% BoE target 'within months'

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The government made what is likely to be its final major attempt to woo disillusioned voters before the general election, with the much-anticipated Spring Budget today.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt began his day with a 17-mile run, according to The Sun's political editor Harry Cole, before presenting his budget to an electorate grappling with a technical recession, stagnant growth and a gloomy economic outlook

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Harriet Marsden is a writer for The Week, mostly covering UK and global news and politics. Before joining the site, she was a freelance journalist for seven years, specialising in social affairs, gender equality and culture. She worked for The Guardian, The Times and The Independent, and regularly contributed articles to The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The New Statesman, Tortoise Media and Metro, as well as appearing on BBC Radio London, Times Radio and “Woman’s Hour”. She has a master’s in international journalism from City University, London, and was awarded the "journalist-at-large" fellowship by the Local Trust charity in 2021.