UK Treasury Chief: Tax Cuts Must Wait for Inflation to Fall

The U.K.’s annual inflation rate hit a four-decade high of 11.1 percent in October, fueling a cost-of-living crisis and a wave of strikes.

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Britain's Treasury chief, Jeremy Hunt, at London, November 17, 2022. AP/Alastair Grant, file

LONDON — Britain’s Treasury chief said Friday that taming inflation is more important than cutting taxes, resisting calls from some in the governing Conservative Party for immediate tax breaks for businesses and voters.

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