CX-Priorities: Stability, Growth, Public Services; No Change To BoE Remit

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivering autumn statement: Our priorities are stability, growth, and public services."

• "...we take difficult decisions to tackle inflation and keep mortgage rises down. But our plan also leads to a shallower downturn; lower energy bills; higher long-term growth; and a stronger NHS and education system."
• "Three priorities then today: stability, growth and public services."
• " The Office for Budget Responsibility confirms global factors are the primary cause of current inflation."
• "So the Bank of England, which has done an outstanding job since its independence, now has my wholehearted support in its mission to defeat inflation and I today confirm we will not change its remit. But we need fiscal and monetary policy to work together – and that means the government and the Bank working in lockstep. It means, in particular, giving the world confidence in our ability to pay our debts"