Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced that the UK's spring budget will be delivered on March 6, 2024. This has fueled speculation over the timing of the next general election, with the governing Conservatives likely to use the budget as an opportunity to announce giveaways before the election. There are reports of planned tax cuts and the potential abolition of inheritance tax in the budget, which is seen as a crucial milestone in the run-up to the expected general election next year.
An inheritance tax is a special kind of evil. You're not just robbing the dead. You're robbing children. Worse yet, you are robbing those who are about to die of the entire sense of their life's purpose. It is the most basic of human instincts, to want to pass on what we…
Quick thread on inheritance tax: Something that is massively under-discussed in this debate is how the “it’s unfair” argument is completely flipped on its head when you consider it from the perspective of the next generation instead of the person passing on the inheritance.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has fuelled general election speculation and the prospects of tax cuts to woo voters by announcing a March 6 budget. Ian Collins: “Rishi talking about immigration as if he inherited this problem from a completely different party.” @iancollinsuk https://t.co/55F91Zq58x
‘This is the second indication from Jeremy Hunt that we are expecting an election in May rather than September or October.’ GB News reporter Olivia Utley discusses the Spring Budget being brought forward to March. 🔓 Become a GB News Member: https://t.co/mNsRsGC8ef https://t.co/tGkdYp3ZYQ
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to unveil UK budget on March 6 amidst calls for giveaways https://t.co/4zlkKbIgEI https://t.co/ZK5acb008c
Jeremy Hunt sets March 6 as spring budget date amid reports of planned tax cuts https://t.co/jJQjTmXO6w
Spring Budget on March 6, leaving door ajar for a May 2 election if Sunak decides to go early off the back of a tax-cutting fiscal event. Most govt insiders still think autumn 2024 much more likely https://t.co/Axc8Jp7xyD
🔵 The spring Budget will be held on March 6, the Treasury has announced, which was one of the earliest remaining dates available to ministers https://t.co/5pArhSUWWy
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces he will deliver his last pre-election Budget on March 6 amid reports he is lining up a raft of tax cuts https://t.co/36M9wgkLCE https://t.co/kS74rfrrMO
BREAKING: The chancellor has announced that the spring budget will be delivered on 6 March 2024 Sky's @MhariAurora explains what the budget might include👇 https://t.co/jdPq5PbNC7 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/rwmo1zXtuK
Breaking news: UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced that the Spring Budget 2024 will be held on March 6. The fiscal event is seen by Downing Street as a crucial milestone in the run-up to a general election expected next year https://t.co/fVoajVIR40 https://t.co/CbsLftByEi
Budget date announced by Jeremy Hunt fuelling rumours of early election https://t.co/nXzL5Tc3P2
NEW: Jeremy Hunt announces spring budget on March 6th - fuelling more speculation over timing of next general election
Jeremy Hunt announces March 6 Spring Budget https://t.co/jiZyYefX9T
🚨 BREAKING: The Chancellor has announced the Spring Budget will be held on 6 March. It could include a reduction in income tax and the abolition of inheritance tax. https://t.co/jOvRSOedIC
Jeremy Hunt to set out spring budget on March 6, the Treasury confirms https://t.co/hiIu1Yj3Xq
Treasury says 2024 Budget to be held on 6 March https://t.co/TUkWIDqzqq
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will announce the UK’s next budget on March 6, giving the governing Conservatives what’s likely their last opportunity to announce giveaways before a general election https://t.co/CI8sWto4Vs
BREAKING: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced the 2024 spring budget will be delivered on March 6. https://t.co/rbicwIeVZQ
#Breaking Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced the 2024 spring budget will be delivered on March 6 https://t.co/e8rbzFlA8Q
🔴 UK SCHEDULES SPRING BUDGET 2024 ON MARCH 6TH.
🚨BREAKING Spring Budget: 6 March 2024 https://t.co/r20i9reMIe
The Chancellor @Jeremy_Hunt has commissioned the @OBR_UK to prepare an economic and fiscal forecast to be presented to @UKParliament alongside his Spring Budget on 6th March 2024. https://t.co/ZoTSfsM4sQ
🚨 NEW: Rishi Sunak is planning to axe inheritance tax in the Spring Budget [@Telegraph]
A 100% inheritance tax is a weirdly specific policy, implying that rich people do far less than the socially optimal amount of nepotism, private school, tutoring, buying colleges buildings, and other kinds of intergenerational wealth transfer that aren’t taxed this way.
INHERITANCE TAX PLZ https://t.co/qQ58mgTvnW