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Can Jeremy Hunt get Britain growing?

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Will Jeremy Hunt's Budget Help the UK Economy?

I think we'll see headline inflation rates falling back quite quickly, says Maureen Khan. We have historically low unemployment rates of about 3.5 to 3.8%. At best that will probably rise to just over 4%, but we will not see anything like the 7 to 8% we saw during the financial crisis. The task that Jeremy Hunt faces is to boost the UK economy to make us better off.

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