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Here’s everything you need to know about today’s Autumn Statement.

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Good afternoon. Jeremy Hunt used an improved fiscal outlook to announce a series of tax cuts in today’s Autumn Statement. But have no doubt: this was about closing the Tories’ polling deficit, not the actual deficit.

We have all the key angles from myself, Andrew, Rachel, Will, Anoosh and Harry below. I’ll be back with more in the morning.

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