Chancellor set to deliver Autumn Statement on 22 November

In a tweet, it was confirmed that chancellor Jeremy Hunt would present his statement to parliament alongside an Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) report. AJ Bell head of retirement policy Tom Selby said the date leaves plenty of time to assess whether prime minister Rishi Sunak has met his target to halve inflation. "It would clearly be a huge blow to the prime minister and former chancellor, not to mention the Conservative Party at the next election, if he fails to deliver on one of his key economic pledges. That ever-nearing election will inevitably colour the chancellor's Au...