Jeremy Hunt to hit savers in Budget with ISA tax-free allowance freeze

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Sir Edward Leigh urged the Chancellor not to raise taxes to fund a 'larger and larger state', adding: 'Will he remember the good voters of Middle England, people who've rarely if ever been on benefit, who've worked all their life for their mortgage and for their pension pot and they fear that more and more of them are going to be dragged into higher rate tax? 'Their pension pot attacked so the state can get larger and larger and more and more spent on those on benefits.'
43% : Economist Gerard Lyons (pictured) yesterday warned an 'austerity' package of tax rises and spending cuts was 'not the policy mix that the economy needs' Sir Edward Leigh (pictured) urged the Chancellor not to raise taxes to fund a 'larger and larger state' 'We now have created a situation where the OBR is effectively setting the immediate stance of fiscal policy.

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