Hunt handed £17bn borrowing boost ahead of Autumn Statement
The numbers give the Chancellor more room to cut taxes on Wednesday
	The numbers give the Chancellor more room to cut taxes on Wednesday
	Decisive winner’s shock therapy has already sent investors fleeing
	The public relations company hosted a similar meeting with Boris Johnson in 2019
	Electric cars, offshore wind and carbon-capture technology to receive extra funding
	
	
	
	
	
	
	The reforms aimed at encouraging more people into work may be announced in the Autumn Statement
	Financiers will have to show how they would respond to a hypothetical system-wide crisis
	Britain’s GDP flatlined in the three months to September
	Comments comes as traders bring forward their predictions on rate cuts
	Signs of division emerge as Bank of England enters new phase in battle to tame inflation
	Steep decline in the board money supply is sounding alarms bells among monetarists
	New forecasts are fuelling calls for tax cuts ahead of the general election
	There are fears central banks may have taken their determination to tame inflation a little too far
	Average earners forgoing early retirement as long-term sickness piles pressure on economy
	Cost of borrowing and pandemic support programmes coming to an end is battering businesses
	Valuation boost comes in spite of regulatory threat to buy-now-pay-later industry