Jeremy Hunt shares daughter's reaction to Budget speech ITV This Morning appearance with Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield slammed

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This Morning has come under fire for Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield interview with Jeremy Hunt. The duo were among the first to get to speak to the Chancellor after he unveiled his Spring Budget as he appeared live on the ITV daytime show on Thursday (March 16).

Mr Hunt was in the House of Commons on Wednesday (March 15) as he unveiled the contents of his first Budget which focussed on prompting those who have left their jobs to return to the workforce, and boosting business investment.

As well as talking about what he announced, he was also quizzed live on the famous sofa on other matters such as the NHS strikes.

Talking live in the studio following his decisions regarding energy bills and childcare, Mr Hunt said: "There’s always a bit of a pantomime element to exchanges in parliament but what I was really saying is that in the short time I’ve been Chancellor, I’ve become very optimistic about our future as a country and if you look at the industries that are changing our lives, like technology and the internet, in the last decade we have become the third biggest tech economy in the world to China and America…" READ MORE: Jennifer Aniston breaks golden ITV This Morning rule forcing Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield to apologise To which Phillip interjected and said: "Nevertheless, yesterday was a massive strike day…NHS, childcare… these are the things people want to talk about." Mr Hunt replied: "Absolutely and what I wanted to say to people yesterday was that there are lots of challenges, we’ve just had a once-in-a-century pandemic, we have a terrible energy crisis caused by Putin and Ukraine but actually there’s a way through this. "I’m responsible for the economy as chancellor and businesses up and