Chancellor Jeremy Hunt prepares to deliver his first Fall budget later today (17 November) in the House of Commons.
The stakes for this budget are high amid the intensification cost of living crisis and follow-up Quasi Quarteng‘s misplaced mini-budget, that the pound tanked in September.
If reactions to the Autumn Statement are like this volatile as in September, the Chancellor may need some TLC from his family, but who exactly are they?
Here’s everything you need to know about the Hunts.
Who is Jeremy Hunt’s wife?
Jeremy Hunt met his wife, Lucia, at a 2008 Hotcourses event in Warwick.
Xi’an native Lucia Guo was working for Warwick University at the time and helped them recruit Chinese students.
Less than a year later, Jeremy proposed on a Christmas Eve walk and the couple tied the knot in Lucia’s hometown in China.
Together they run a real estate company called Mare Pond Properties ltd.
There is a big age difference between the two and Jeremy, 56, has described Lucia, 44, as a ‘starlet’, brightening up his and his family’s lives.
She is a staunch supporter of his political ambitions and is often seen by his side at Conservative party events.
In 2019, Lucia was called the “secret weapon” in Jeremy’s failed party leadership campaign.
Do they have children?
Jeremy and Lucia Hunt have three children together, each two years apart.
Their 12-year-old son Jack was born in 2010, followed by daughters Anna, 10, and Eleanor, 8.
As health minister in 2014, Hunt advocated “controlled immigrationciting his half-Chinese children as a reason he feared “social divisions and tensions” exacerbated by “health tourism.”
The couple tends to keep their children out of the spotlight.
Where does the Hunt family live?
The family live in Hambledon, Jeremy Hunt’s constituency, south west Surrey.
Hunt also owns a flat in Pimlico, South London, which the The evening standardbought it for just under £1.7 million.
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