Lack of Budget giveaways means late general election more likely, Tory MPs say

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : " Mr Hunt admitted that taxes are "higher than they were" after a spike in state spending during Covid and the energy crisis, but told Sky News: "Because of the decisions that I have taken as Chancellor, the tax burden will be over half a percent of GDP less than it would have been.
43% : " The Chancellor had considered announcing cuts to future public spending in order to fund a further 1p cut to national insurance, understands, but opted against it in the fact of warnings that the future spending plans are already unrealistically tight.

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