The Observer – Hunt faces red wall revolt if he delivers ‘a budget for the rich’ 

The Observer reports that Jeremy Hunt “faces a backlash” from “red wall” Tory MPs representing poorer former Labour strongholds if he delivers “a budget for the rich” with a cut in inheritance tax prioritised ahead of other measures.

The front page says David Cameron is likely to be challenged over his promotion of a Beijing-backed development in Sri Lanka, for which he is thought to have been paid. The paper quotes a source from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, saying there are “very serious questions about how he was vetted for his new position.”

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