In his first on-air appearance in his new role this morning, Hunt told Sky News: “We won’t get the speed of tax cuts that we expected and some taxes will go up.” Although the chancellor said he could not commit to cutting a single penny of income tax as pledged in Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget, he said it was his hope to keep the promised tax cut once he completes a review of the measures. But he warned there would still be “difficult” decisions on public spending
