UK Tories Hail Hunt’s Budget Offer But Some Fear Spin Unraveling

Conservative Members of Parliament are worried that Jeremy Hunt’s UK budget may yet unravel.

Some Tories suggested there may be less to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s headline child care and pensions announcements than the government’s positive spin suggested. Others warned that for all its billing as a “budget for growth,” official projections still had the economy shrinking this year. There were also criticisms about a lack of ambition and a dearth of personal and business tax cuts.

Jeremy Hunt, UK chancellor of the exchequer, holding the budget red box outside 11 Downing Street in London, UK, on Wednesday, March 15, 2023.

Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

With a general election less than two years away and a backdrop of soaring inflation, a stagnant economy and a ...