Speculation is rife about what chancellor Jeremy Hunt might announce when he sets out the government’s spending plans in the spring Budget.
In the run-up, most reporting had focused on whether taxes would be slashed.
However, reports revealed on Tuesday the chancellor is expected to slice 2p from the rate of National Insurance instead, after concluding income tax cuts would be too expensive and risk stoking inflation, which remained frozen at 4 per cent in January.
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