Budget not everyone's cup of tea as Voters Panel suggests plans unlikely to win back Tory 2019 supporters

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‘It won’t shift the polls’: Tory MPs rue budget that lacked pre-election pizzazz

Headline cut to national insurance rate echoes measure taken in autumn statement, which made little impact on votersJeremy Hunt has spent weeks managing expectations over potential tax cuts in his spring budget, with Tory MPs desperately searching for ways to avoid election defeat as household finances buckle under a record tax bill and the cost of living crisis.As the chancellor’s fiscal headroom shrank in the run-up to the budget, so did his p…