'Two-pronged attack': Private investors set to bear the brunt of Autumn Statement

Potential 'unexpected outcomes'

Valeria Martinez
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s hunt for cash to plug the posited £55bn black hole in the UK’s public finances will leave private investors bearing the brunt once the cut in the annual tax-free allowance for capital gains and dividend taxes is introduced in 2023.

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