![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/jeremy-hunt-were-all-going-to-be-paying-a-bit-more-tax/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/TELEMMGLPICT000316071781_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqA7N2CxnJWnYI3tCbVBgu9T0aesusvN1TE7a0ddd_esI.jpeg&description=Jeremy Hunt has warned everyone will have to make the 'sacrifice' of paying higher taxes as he braces Britons for his grim Autumn budget next week. The Chancellor said the country could not 'run away from' its financial problems and he will have to make 'very difficult decisions' to balance the books. He confirmed that even those on lower incomes will face having to hand over more to the Exchequer, but said he would try and soften the blow for them. Mr Hunt is expected to outline £35 billion of spending cuts and £20 billion in tax rises when he delivers his Autumn Statement to MPs on Thursday. The Chancellor is also planning to wage a war on Government waste as he seeks to head off a potential rebellion from Tory MPs over his plans. 'We're all going to be paying a bit more tax, I'm afraid,' Mr Hunt said when asked who would be affected by Thursday's announcement. He said ministers will be asking "everyone for sacrifices", but "there's only so much you can ask from people on the very lowest incomes". Mr Hunt also insisted his Autumn statement is 'not just going to be bad news' and that it will set out a 'plan' through the crisis and back to growth. 'I think what people recognise is that if you want to give people confidence about the future, you have to be honest about the present,' he told Sky News. "This will be a plan to help bring down inflation, help control high energy prices and also get our way back to growing healthily, which is what we need so much." Asked if the budget would see a return to austerity, he replied: 'We know that to deal with problems you have to face into them, not run away from them. "They are going to be very difficult decisions, but we are a resilient country and we've faced much bigger challenges, frankly, in our history.' Mr Hunt also promised to spell out the true cost ordinary Britons will pay and not to 'hide' his revenue raising in the form of stealth levies. 'I'm not going to be hiding anything I do' The Chancellor is understoo){kind=link}
The Chancellor warns he will have to make ‘very difficult decisions’ to balance the books ahead of Autumn Statement
Jeremy Hunt has warned everyone will have to make the “sacrifice” of paying higher taxes as he braces Britons for his grim Autumn budget next week.
The Chancellor said the country could not “run away from” its financial problems and he will have to make “very difficult decisions” to balance the books.
He confirmed that even those on lower incomes will face having to hand over more to the Exchequer, but said he would try and soften the blow for them.
Mr Hunt is expected to outline £35 billion of spending cuts and £20 billion in tax rises when he delivers his Autumn Statement to MPs on Thursday.