CASH BOOST Jeremy Hunt hints he will slash MORE taxes in Spring Budget as he vows to reduce ‘burden’ to help struggling families

JEREMY Hunt is planning more personal giveaways for Brits, saying: “There are lots of taxes I’d like to cut.”

On the day two per cent National Insurance

"That's what I did in the Autumn Statement and that's what I hope to do going forward.”

Quizzed over whether he would use March’s Budget to unfreeze income tax rates that have dragged millions more into paying a higher rate of tax on their wages, Mr Hunt left the door open.

He said: “Because we've brought down inflation, we can start to bring down the tax burden and a Conservative government will be absolutely committed under Rishi Sunak and myself to bring it down further when it’s responsible to do so.”

With the Tories divided over whether to slash Inheritance Tax at March’s pre-election Budget Mr Hunt hinted he was more likely to tackle hits to workers’ wage packets.

 cut kicks in for more than 20 million workers, the Chancellor said: “As soon as I get the chance, I bring down taxes.

He said: “There are lots of taxes I'd like to reduce. Taxes that create pressure on ordinary families, those are the things which if we can reduce, we reward work.”

And he said he would use the major update on the national finances to go further if he can - vowing to ease wallets rather than spend more cash.

He told The Sun: "I want to be very open with people: If there's a choice between increasing public spending or reducing the tax burden, my choice is to reduce the tax burden, because I think people have found the pressures on family budgets very high in the last couple of years.”

But he left himself wriggle room saying he would only cut if the state of the national finances in the Spring allowed it.

The Chancellor also insisted the General Election was up for grabs, pointing to a significant economic recovery.

He said: “It’s entirely ours to win if we are sensible, prudent and continue on the path we’re going, which is to reduce taxes on working families.”

The Chancellor also defended himself against the fact today’s National Insurance cut pales in significance to other tax rises over previous years - insisting he was not "robbing Peter to pay Peter".

Labour say that for every £10 taken in tax from the average worker, today’s cut is giving just £2 back.

Mr Hunt insisted: “Well it would be stealthy if we were pretending to do something different, we've been completely open.

“If you spend £400 billion supporting families during a once in a century pandemic and nearly £100 billion supporting families with their electricity bills, you have a choice to make. Do you pay back that debt?”

Mr Hunt also told The Sun his "instincts" are to freeze Fuel Duty for an historic 14th year - saying he wants to reduce "taxes that create pressure on ordinary families.

But he warned of a battle still to come over the hated pump levy, insisting it was too early to tell whether the 5p cut and another 2p freeze is affordable.

He added: “Having brought down inflation. We also want to do something else, which is to help family budgets by bringing down the tax burden.”