Moore, Thomas. "Payrise Offer A PR Stunt, Say Junior Doctors". Sky News. Archived from the original on 4 November 2015 . Retrieved 4 November 2015. It was reported overnight that Rishi Sunak had cancelled his talks with Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the wake of the upset. Topping, Alexandra (13 August 2012). "London 2012: verdict from around the world". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020 . Retrieved 27 July 2015. Seven-day NHS plan has 'serious flaws' and is 'completely uncosted' ". The Independent. 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2016 . Retrieved 5 June 2019. In December 2015, an undercover Daily Telegraph investigation showed that in some cases locum agencies, Medicare and Team24 owned by Capita were charging some hospitals higher fees than others and giving false company details. The agencies were charging up to 49% of the fee. Hunt criticised those who sought "big profits" at the expense of the NHS and taxpayers and promised to "reduce the margins rip-off agencies are able to generate." [89]

We tried to run a business setting up guides for foreign tourists – that folded too. Eventually we hit on something that worked – we started publishing student guides to help people find the right college or university." Mr Hunt was educated at private school Charterhouse before heading to Oxford University to study philosophy, politics and economics. Both David Cameron and Boris Johnson were there at the same time, and it was here that he became involved in Tory politics. Businessman who tried to export marmalade to Japan In 2009, Hunt was investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. [29] [30] The commissioner found: "Mr Hunt was in breach of the rules in not reducing his claims on the Additional Costs Allowance in that period to take full account of his agent's living costs. As a result, public funds provided a benefit to the constituency agent ... Mr Hunt received no real financial benefit from the arrangement and that the error was caused by his misinterpretation of the rules." [30]Gill, Martha (18 October 2016). "Jeremy Hunt admits to fudging 10bn funding pledge for nhs". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018 . Retrieved 19 October 2016. Winnett, Robert (25 April 2012). "Jeremy Hunt admits links between adviser and News Corp 'clearly not appropriate' ". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 3 February 2016.

Jeremy Hunt opens Radisson Edwardian Guildford– and shares hotel tipping advice...– Places". Surrey Life. 3 November 2011. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016 . Retrieved 27 July 2015. Sabbagh, Dan (9 July 2018). "Jeremy Hunt replaces Boris Johnson as foreign secretary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020 . Retrieved 11 July 2018. Labour to refer Hunt to Parliament watchdog". BBC News. 13 April 2018. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021 . Retrieved 13 April 2018. The government attempted to stem a Tory party row over the very high level of legal migration today with Home Secretary James Cleverly, flanked by his ministers, telling MPs that numbers are "far too high" and pledging to bring forward plans in the coming weeks to bring them down; In 2018, whilst visiting China as Foreign Secretary, Hunt referred to his wife as being Japanese not Chinese, a reference he described as ‘a terrible mistake’. He tweeted at the time: ‘apologies to the long-suffering Mrs H…’

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Before becoming an MP in 2005, Mr Hunt tried his hand at a number of business ventures with mixed success. He spent time in Japan working as an English teacher before returning to the UK and starting a string of businesses. Mr Hunt has twice thrown his name in the hat for the top job, following the resignations of Theresa May and Boris Johnson. He made it to the final two to succeed Mrs May in 2019 but was trounced in the final round by Mr Johnson. Jeremy Hunt: moderate with the challenge of being Truss's chancellor". Financial Times. 14 October 2022. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022 . Retrieved 17 October 2022.