Labour lambasts autumn statement but Tory dissent is muted
by Peter Walker Political correspondent from Economics | The Guardian on (#65Y9H)
Shadow chancellor attacks crisis made in Downing Street' but there are few signs of anger on Tory benches
Jeremy Hunt has seemingly escaped public pushback from fellow Conservative MPs over his tax-raising autumn statement, but he was lambasted by Labour for trying to blame global factors for a crisis sparked by Liz Truss's mini-budget.
While there had been mutterings of dissent in advance at the idea of Hunt trashing Truss's embrace of tax cuts, in the lengthy Commons debate after his statement there were only a few fairly muted quibbles.
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