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Jeremy Hunt admits more needs to be spent on defence. Chancellor under pressure from senior Conservatives to speed up cash injection for military. Hunt admits he needs to spend more on defence to protect Britain's security. Hunt also under pressure to increase spending on defence by £1bn a year.
Budget calculator: Did Jeremy Hunt make you richer or poorer? Calculate how much better or worse off you will be from the Chancellor’s changes. Calculate the Chancellor's changes to the UK's economic policy on the basis of what you expect to see in the Budget.
Median salary is estimated to be just above £35,000. Anything higher than £81,357 is in the top 5% of income in the UK. Median salary of £35k is just below £35K and anything higher than that is £81k.
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UK chancellor defends remarks about high salaries after being criticised for being out of touch. Jeremy Hunt doubles down on ‘£100k a year doesn’t go far’ claim. Hunt has been criticised for claiming he is 'out of touch' with the public.
Jeremy Hunt defends '£100k isn't a huge salary' comments. The chancellor told Sky's Trevor Phillips: "If you've got a mortgage and. if you've. got childcare costs, it doesn't go as far as you might think" Jeremy Hunt said: 'If you have a mortgage, if you have childcare costs it's not huge'
Jeremy Hunt says £100,000 a year is ‘not huge’ for people in his constituency. ‘I am aware that it is not huge salary in our area if you have a mortgage to pay,’ he says. Chancellor says he is aware of the issue and says it is 'not huge' for those in his area.