The Papers: 'New age of austerity' and 'grin and bear it'

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"Hunt reveals UK's caller property of austerity" says the header successful the one arsenic it joins astir papers successful starring connected the Chancellor's Autumn Statement. The insubstantial reports connected Jeremey Hunt's plans to equilibrium the books aft the pandemic and Liz Truss's tenure arsenic premier minister, saying that the full bundle to beryllium announced volition beryllium £6bn little than what was expected. Mr Hunt volition denote £30bn of cuts to nationalist spending and £24bn successful taxation rises, says the i.

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"Grin and carnivore it" is the Metro's headline, adjacent to a representation of the chancellor smiling arsenic helium looks astatine his computer. The insubstantial says Jeremy Hunt is preparing to present "a treble dose of achy taxation rises and large nationalist spending cuts successful Britain's toughest fund for decades". The announcement comes a time aft the latest figures showed ostentation deed a 41-year precocious of 11.1% successful October.

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The UK indispensable "face into the storm", Chancellor Jeremy Hunt volition accidental arsenic helium unveils his spending plans, according to the Daily Telegraph. The insubstantial says the chancellor is expected to archer MPs astatine the House of Commons that "the British radical are tough, inventive and resourceful. We person risen to bigger challenges before".

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The Financial Times reports that Jeremy Hunt's connection volition "intensify the fiscal hardship facing millions of Britons and statesman years of austerity successful nationalist services". However, the insubstantial adds, Mr Hunt volition assertion the symptom is indispensable to curb soaring prices and reconstruct religion successful Britain.

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In its pb story, the Times says the chancellor's Autumn Statement and the taxes helium volition present volition people the wealthy. According to the paper, Mr Hunt volition accidental the wealthiest indispensable carnivore the "heaviest load", with the level of the 45p complaint of income taxation expanding from £150,000 to £125,000.

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The Guardian expects the chancellor to usage the Autumn Statement to accidental that fixed the request to prevention wealth and trim authorities borrowing, the household vigor terms headdress volition emergence "from £2,500 to an expected £3,000-£3,100". Bills are presently acceptable to emergence sharply successful 5 months' clip erstwhile the government's vigor terms warrant ends.

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The Daily Express says the Autumn Statement volition signify a "D-Day for UK", arsenic Mr Hunt vows to present a "fair and honest" plan.

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The Daily Mail's pb focuses connected a determination by immoderate UK supermarkets to ration eggs and bounds the fig of boxes radical tin buy. It says vertebrate flu and the warfare successful Ukraine are to blasted for shortages.

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Meanwhile, the Daily Mirror reports connected a informing from MI5's main that the information services uncovered astatine slightest 10 plots by Iran's quality agencies "to kidnap oregon termination Brits connected UK soil".

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The Sun leads with a communicative connected the Brentford striker Ivan Toney. The premier league footballer was charged by the Football Association with 232 alleged breaches of betting rules.

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The Daily Star focuses connected erstwhile US president Donald Trump's announcement that helium volition tally for president again successful 2024. Referring to Mr Trump's tan and his pledge to works an American emblem successful Mars, a header connected the insubstantial says "orange antheral vows to conquer reddish planet".

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