Jeremy Hunt

It takes a brave — some may say reckless — leader to call a general election when trailing in the polls by 20 percent. With three weeks …

He also concedes the government failed to end irregular migration routes, one of its core pledges.

POLITICO keeps the receipts on what the Conservatives have actually said about policy in the election campaign, from national service to tax cuts.

Britain’s summer election is on. Here’s your bluffer’s guide.

The prime minister’s announcement of a July general election has stunned the country — but what were his reasons for going to the polls now?

Prices of goods and services in Britain rose by 2.3 percent in April compared with the year before.

Amid a higher debt burden, U.K. should not be considering pre-election tax cuts, forecaster says.

MPs are chafing at the cost of quantitative tightening.

“In listings, the game is over,” said Stéphane Boujnah, chief executive of Euronext, the London Stock Exchange’s continental rival.

New legislation gives the self-driving car firm a route to market. But the proposals nearly fell victim to Britain’s political perma-crisis.

The outlook is a blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.

Labour wants to ‘champion’ Britain’s financial sector — but doesn’t want to be seen as undermining independent regulators.

Regulators want to name and shame firms under investigation even before they’re proven guilty.

Britain’s top finance minister tells POLITICO “European countries” must step up — but he faces call to get U.K.’s own house in order.

He admitted he was targeted by a scammer on Grindr and had given out the personal phone numbers of a number of other MPs, who were later also targeted.

The prime minister seemed unhappy being asked the question on everyone’s lips.

With cities like Paris waiting with open arms after Brexit, a tax hike could dent London’s standing.

British government wants sweeping powers to snoop on banks’ customers in bid to detect benefit fraud.

A May general election now seems unlikely as Conservatives pin their hopes on an autumn tax surprise.

POLITICO watched Jeremy Hunt’s big fiscal event so you didn’t have to.

Andrew Bowie criticized plans to extend the windfall tax on oil and gas giants.

The UK chancellor is kicking every difficult decision beyond the general election.