Article 6K5MR How a Conservative budget failed to help women (again)

How a Conservative budget failed to help women (again)

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Heather Stewart
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A single man would gain 346 from tax cuts, compared with 279 for a woman and just 85 for the typical lone mother

Jeremy Hunt name-checked two formidable women in his speech on Tuesday: Labour's Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves, both of whom were the butt of lumbering jokes, which only underlined their political potency.

There were no mentions of the millions of women out of the chancellor's direct eyeline, however, who are often on the frontline when it comes to enduring the stresses of a stagnant economy.

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