Chancellor Jeremy Hunt takes swipe at Matt Hancock's WhatsApp messages as he gives budget

Matt Hancock is claiming an extra £13,200 a year in expenses from the taxpayer to rent a love nest after quitting his marital home. The former Health Secretary has been claiming £3300 a month for a property in London since September, shortly before he earned £320,000 for appearing on TV reality show, I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s ‘Brexit pub guarantee’, as announced in his first budget yesterday, has been met with confusion by the hospitality industry. Hunt announced yesterday that tax on draught beer in pubs will be frozen from August 1.

This Morning has come under fire for Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield interview with Jeremy Hunt. The duo were among the first to get to speak to the Chancellor after he unveiled his Spring Budget as he appeared live on the ITV daytime show on Thursday (March 16).

Martin Lewis has pointed out a vital change to pensions that was not mentioned in the Spring Budget.

The Resolution Foundation has warned that more than half a million people on benefits are likely to see their support cut back as a result of the UK Government’s welfare reforms. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced what he described as the “biggest change to our welfare system in a decade” during Wednesday’s Spring Budget, with the scrapping of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) to assess eligibility for sickness benefits.

Jeremy Hunt has defended the speed of the rollout of his Budget offer of free childcare for working parents with children under the age of five.

, the former Countdown host has claimed that she has been stitched up. The 62-year-old took to Twitter to claim that she wasn't "cosying up" to Mr Hancock, 44, and partner Gina Coladangelo at all. READ MORE: Wetherspoon hack to get cheaper food and drinks shared onlineThe Mail said: "They were seen to be in deep conversation on the terrace during the Close Brothers Mares' Hurdle after the first racegoers made their way through the gates at the Cheltenham Festival today.

Jeremy Hunt has been accused of “shafting Scotland” after failing to announce any funds in his Budget for a major carbon capture scheme in the north east.

The Chancellor has announced a major financial change for customers on prepayment meters following fears of rising energy bills.

The Chancellor delivered his Spring Budget today, announcing a wave of major economic and financial changes for households all across the country.

Andy Burnham will have full control over local funding, the government has announced. The Greater Manchester mayor would be given a single budget rather than having to bid for separate pots of cash, the Chancellor said.

Greater Manchester is to be named as one of 12 Investment Zones by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt during the Budget later today.

The government will extend the energy price guarantee for a further three months, the Treasury has confirmed.

A hammer blow to the UK’s hugely successful high-end TV (HETV) tax credit could be struck in next week’s budget and a prominent politician has written to the Chancellor urging him to reconsider.

The Chancellor will announce the Spring Budget soon which may have a direct impact on your personal finances.

Matt Hancock discussed withholding funding for a learning disability centre if a Bury MP 'rebelled' against coronavirus restrictions, newly leaked messages have suggested.

Matt Hancock told aides he wanted to “frighten the pants off everyone” about the Kent variant of Covid to ensure compliance with lockdown rules, leaked messages have revealed. The latest set of WhatsApp exchanges show the then-health secretary and others discussing how to use an announcement about the variant to scare the public into changing their behaviour. The messages, among 100,000 passed to the Telegraph by journalist Isabel Oakeshott, show cabinet secretary Simon Case suggested in January 2021 that the “fear” factor would be “vital”.

Dominic Cummings’ time in Downing Street was a “nightmare”, Rishi Sunak appeared to tell Matt Hancock, according to the latest set of leaked WhatsApp messages. The remarks, made on the day that the former No10 aide used an appearance in front of MPs to claim that thousands of people died needlessly during the pandemic, show the then-Chancellor and Mr Hancock complaining about Mr Cummings. Mr Hancock messaged Mr Sunak: “Of all the bonkersness about Dom’s circus, the one I enjoy most is that he’s doing this to secure his place at the heart of the future Sunak administration.

Subscribe here for the latest news where you liveHis adviser responded: “I was about to message. What a f—ing piece of s—. You went out and backed him over Barnard castle, and he responds by briefing against you relentlessly, in private and now in public.

Matt Hancock and officials show how the then health secretary scrambled to save his career after footage emerged of his embrace with aide Gina Coladangelo. They are among the latest set of WhatsApp correspondence to emerge from the leak of more than 100,000 messages published by the Daily Telegraph. The latest tranche centre on the hours after Mr Hancock discovered that leaked footage, showing him breaching social distancing rules, would appear on the front page of the Sun in June 2021.