Hunt has costly tax and spending plans - think tank
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LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt's plans for tax cuts and more defence spending if he becomes prime minister carry a cost of around 36 billion pounds a year, estimates from the Institute for Fiscal Studies showed on Thursday.The IFS, an independent think tank, this week put a 20 billion-pound estimate on the tax cuts promised by Boris Johnson who is competing with Hunt to succeed Theresa May."Like his rival, Jeremy Hunt has made some expensive pledges in his campaign to..