Sunak Thinks Timing UK Tax Cuts Just Right Can Save the Tories

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Two days before Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt unveiled his first full UK budget, senior government ministers had a stand-up row about it, right in the heart of Parliament.

As they filed in to a crowded voting lobby on Monday night, Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove loudly confronted Hunt’s deputy, Treasury minister John Glen. They had forced Gove to get their permission for projects of any cost, after privately accusing him of splitting large projects into smaller ones to ensure their funding wasn’t ...