Chancellor Jeremy Hunt made a visit to the Airbus factory in Broughton, north Wales, this morning, a day after announcing tax cuts in the Autumn Statement.
Mr Hunt said he chose measures to “make the biggest difference to our long-term competitiveness” rather than opting for “crowd pleasers”.
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