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UK’s self-billed ‘Scrooge’ promises tax rises, spending cuts

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt attends the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in London, Sunday Nov. 13, 2022. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP) Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, center, attends the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in London, Sunday Nov. 13, 2022. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP) FILE - Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt leaves 10 Downing Street following a Cabinet meeting, the first held by the new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in London, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. Hunt, Britain's Treasury chief, warned Sunday Nov. 13, 2022, of a coming spending crunch and tax increases for cash-strapped Britons as he bids to fill the "black hole" in the country's finances. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)