FirstFT: Jeremy Hunt lines up personal tax cuts

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will use the UK Budget on Wednesday to cut personal taxes, as he scrapes together the money needed to fund a package intended to lift Conservative MPs’ spirits ahead of the general election.

Hunt yesterday promised to embark on the “long path” to lower taxation, but his room for manoeuvre has…