Jeremy Hunt

“the cost of above-inflation rises in the state pension, as opposed to just inflation rises, is partly being funded by debt,” adding that the arrangement is “very bad for economic growth because we ha…”

“That’s more than we spend on the police, more than we spend on schools, more than we spend on the entire defense budget.”

“Hunt claimed that the government could save £56bn per year if it brought the welfare bill back down to the same level as in 2019.”

“you’re able to produce a figure saying these [any welfare] reforms will push 200,000 more people into poverty”

“Treasury officials told me that 24 per cent was the 'revenue maximising' level for capital gains tax.”

“So I'm challenging the whole tourism sector to increase the proportion of domestic tourism spend by UK residents to 50%.”

“He would not be drawn on speculation there would be cuts of at least 20% at Ofcom.”

“a national superfast network could add £18bn to the GDP and create at least 60,000 new jobs.”