Jeremy Hunt pledges £60bn war chest to handle no-deal Brexit

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Jeremy Hunt pledges £60bn war chest to handle no-deal Brexit
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The Tory leadership contender will promise £6bn in emergency funding to help farmers and fishermen in the event of a no-deal.

A no-deal Brexit budget should be prepared, including a corporation tax cut to 12.5%, increasing the annual allowance to £5m and taking 90% of high street businesses out of rates.

Mr Hunt made enemies in the NHS when he imposed new contracts on junior doctors in 2016 and oversaw the slowest period of investment in the NHS since its foundation. A two-year public sector pay freeze was introduced under David Cameron before rises were capped at 1% until 2017 under austerity measures.

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