Will Jeremy Hunt's budget be enough to see off Labour?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : In other key measures:Mr Hunt scrapped the existing tax breaks for wealthy non-doms, generating £2.7 billion a year;He said personal taxes were now at their lowest level for at least half a century - and the lowest in the G7;The Office for Budget Responsibility predicted that inflation would fall to its target level of 2 per cent in June - almost a year earlier than had been expected;The Chancellor pressed ahead with an extension to the windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas, despite a revolt by the Scottish Conservatives;Labour admitted it may have to raise taxes after Mr Hunt's decisions on non-doms and the windfall tax blew a hole in its spending plans;The Chancellor froze fuel duty for the 14th year in a row, saving the average driver £50 this
55% : However, a six-year freeze in tax thresholds, coupled with other rises introduced to pay for pandemic spending, mean the overall tax burden will continue to rise in the coming years.
53% : In a tax-cutting Budget that could be the last before the general election, the Chancellor branded National Insurance an 'unfair' levy and pledged further reductions 'when it is responsible'.
53% : The move would cost £50 billion, but Treasury minister Bim Afolami confirmed: 'We want to eliminate that double tax on work.'The cut to NI, which will boost the pay cheques of 27 million workers, was the centrepiece of a Budget designed to persuade voters that the Tories are serious about cutting a tax burden which has risen to record levels in the wake of the pandemic and energy crisis.
52% : Jeremy Hunt today slashed 2p off the headline rate of National Insurance for the second time in four months - a combined tax cut worth an average £900 a year to those in work.
50% : 'I would not have gone for National Insurance, I would have gone for reducing income tax,' he said.
50% : Mrs Braverman added: 'I do regret that income tax was not chosen as the tax to cut today over National Insurance because pensioners have lost out as a result.'Sir Keir Starmer said the Budget was the 'last desperate act of a party that has failed', adding: 'Britain in recession, the national credit card maxed out, and, despite the measures today, the highest tax burden for 70 years.'
48% : Jeremy Hunt today slashed 2p off the headline rate of National Insurance for the second time in four monthsSignalling further 'permanent' tax cuts to come, Mr Hunt said today's measures were designed 'not just to give help where it is needed in challenging times.
47% : A senior Tory source told the Mail that the Prime Minister wants to abolish the tax over the longer term - and could put a pledge to do so at the heart of this year's election manifesto.
47% : But because Conservatives know lower tax means higher growth.
46% : READ MORE: How much the Budget's 2p National Insurance cut will save youRishi Sunak is plotting a radical election pledge to abolish National Insurance in a bid to show the Tories are on the side of working people.
45% : 'When it is responsible, when it can be achieved without increasing borrowing and when it can be delivered without compromising high-quality public services, we will continue to cut National Insurance as we have done today so we truly make work pay.'

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