Jeremy Hunt doubles down on ‘£100k a year doesn’t go far’ claim

UK chancellor defends remarks about high salaries after being criticised for being out of touch

Jeremy Hunt has doubled down on his claim that earning 100,000 a year doesn't go as far as you might think" for people in his Surrey constituency, after he was criticised for being out of touch.

The chancellor had previously tweeted that the sum was not a huge salary" for people in South West Surrey. The median salary for a full-time worker last year was 34,963 and in Surrey it is 42,000.