Inheritance tax receipts hit £4.6bn from April to October, new government figures published this morning have revealed.

Inheritance Tax receipts rose by £400m year on year to £3.9bn in the latest half year from April to Sept - continuing the rapid upward trend seen in recent years, according to the latest data from HMRC.

The UK economy surprised economists by growing by 0.2% in the second quarter of the year and showed a much better than expected performance in June.

I must say Mr Hunt is routinely catching us financial hacks out on a regular basis, as he did this week with his Mansion House pension reforms.