a general election. the backdrop a flat lining economy millions struggling with the cost of living and polling indicating the conservative party is lagging far behind the opposition. not to mention financial markets on edge for anything that might worsen the uk s finances. the memory of prime minister liz truss s disastrous tax cutting budget no doubt not far from mr hunt s mind. so let s remind ourselves what he came up with. the rate of national insurance paid by employees and the self employed, will be cut again by 2 pence in the pound. that comes on top of an earlier 2p cut mr hunt announced in the autumn. in april, full child benefits will be paid to households, where the highest earning parent is getting up to £60,000. the current limit is £50,000. and the non dom tax break for wealthy uk residents whose permanent home is overseas, is to be scrapped raising £2.7 billion a year for the government. that announcement is highly controversial as it was a key p