Jeremy Hunt: We need to make difficult decisions

Difficult decisions volition beryllium needed "across the board" connected taxation and spending, the caller chancellor has said.

Jeremy Hunt told the BBC that immoderate taxes volition spell up, portion authorities spending whitethorn request to fall.

He said 2 mistakes were made successful the mini-budget by Kwasi Kwarteng - cutting the apical complaint of taxation and announcing it without an autarkic forecast.

But helium besides praised his predecessor for assistance offered to radical struggling with their vigor bills.

Mr Hunt said helium agreed with the premier minister's extremity of "solving the maturation paradox", but added: "The mode we went astir it intelligibly wasn't close and that's wherefore I'm sitting present now."

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, Mr Hunt said: "Taxes are not going to travel down by arsenic overmuch arsenic radical hoped, and immoderate taxes volition person to spell up,

"I'm going to beryllium asking each authorities departments to find further ratio savings."