Jeremy Hunt

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Jeremy Hunt was born on 1 November 1966 in Lambeth Hospital, Kennington, and raised in Shere, Surrey.{{cite news |work=The Times |date=2 November 1966 |page=2 |title=Births}}{{cite news|url=http://www.surreylife.co.uk/out-about/places/jeremy_hunt_opens_radisson_edwardian_guildford_8211_and_shares_hotel_tipping_advice_1_1647952|title=Jeremy Hunt opens Radisson Edwardian Guildford – and shares hotel tipping advice... – Places|work=Surrey Life|date=3 November 2011|access-date=27 July 2015|archive-date=21 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221044924/http://www.surreylife.co.uk/out-about/places/jeremy_hunt_opens_radisson_edwardian_guildford_8211_and_shares_hotel_tipping_advice_1_1647952|url-status=live}} He is the eldest son of Admiral Sir Nicholas Hunt,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17822923|title=Profile: Jeremy Hunt|publisher=BBC News|date=31 May 2012|access-date=27 July 2015|archive-date=17 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817212500/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17822923|url-status=live}} who was then a Commander in the Royal Navy assigned to work for the Director of Naval Plans inside the recently created Ministry of Defence,{{cite news |work=The Times |date=9 May 1966 |page=14 |title=Appointments in the Forces}} and his wife Meriel Eve Hunt, Lady Hunt (née Givan; 1937–2022), daughter of Major Henry Cooke Givan.{{cite news |work=The Times |date=23 September 1965 |page=1 |title=Forthcoming marriages}} The Hunt family were landed gentry, of Boreatton, Baschurch, Shropshire. A cousin was Agnes Hunt, pioneer of orthopaedic nursing.Burke's Landed Gentry 1952, 17th edition, ed. L. G. Pine, Burke's Peerage Ltd, p. 1320, Hunt of Boreatton pedigree

Through a paternal great-grandmother, Hunt is a descendant of Sir Streynsham Master, a pioneer of the East India Company.Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 2003, vol. 3, p. 3285 He is also a distant relative of Queen Elizabeth II and of British Union of Fascists leader Sir Oswald Mosley.{{cite news |first1=Juliette |last1=Jowit |first2=Shiv |last2=Malik |first3=Haroon |last3=Siddique |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/sep/04/new-cabinet |title=Cabinet reshuffle: who has moved so far? | Politics |work=The Guardian |date=4 September 2012 |access-date=27 July 2015 |archive-date=26 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926042635/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/sep/04/new-cabinet |url-status=live}} His father worked in NHS management after retiring from the navy, and his mother was a nurse in the 1950s and 1960s.{{cite book |last=Hunt |first=Jeremy |title=Zero |publisher=Swift Press |location=London |date=2022 |page=22 |isbn=9781800751224}}

Hunt was privately educated at Charterhouse where he was Head of School. He then studied philosophy, politics and economics at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating with a first class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. He became involved in Conservative politics while at university, where David Cameron and Boris Johnson were contemporaries.{{cite news |last=Walker |first=Tim |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jeremy-hunt-rough-ride-for-the-smooth-operator-2017277.html |title=Jeremy Hunt: Rough ride for the smooth operator – Profiles – People |work=The Independent |date=3 July 2010 |access-date=27 July 2015 |archive-date=6 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606091749/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jeremy-hunt-rough-ride-for-the-smooth-operator-2017277.html |url-status=live}} He was active in the Oxford University Conservative Association (OUCA) and was elected to serve as president in 1987.

Following university, Hunt worked as a management consultant at OC&C Strategy Consultants for two years and then became an English language teacher in Japan.{{cite news|last=Dennys|first=Harriet|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/918321/hunt-lays-down-tory-blueprint-media?src_site=mediaweek|title=Hunt lays down Tory blueprint for media – Media news|work=Media Week|date=7 July 2009|access-date=27 July 2015|archive-date=1 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001201329/http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/918321/hunt-lays-down-tory-blueprint-media?src_site=mediaweek|url-status=live}} On his return to Britain, he tried his hand at a number of different entrepreneurial business ventures, with three failed start-ups including an attempt to export marmalade to Japan.{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/ill-make-a-brexit-deal-because-business-is-my-bread-and-butter-says-jeremy-hunt-drg883zpj|title=I'll make a Brexit deal because business is my bread and butter, says Jeremy Hunt|first=Tim|last=Shipman|work=The Sunday Times|date=25 May 2019|access-date=5 June 2019|archive-date=13 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113120743/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ill-make-a-brexit-deal-because-business-is-my-bread-and-butter-says-jeremy-hunt-drg883zpj|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jeremyhunt.org/newsshow.aspx?ref=452 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030143251/http://www.jeremyhunt.org/newsshow.aspx?ref=452 |title=Broadcast magazine interview with Jeremy Hunt |work=Jeremy Hunt MP |archive-date=30 October 2009 |url-status=dead}} In 1991, Hunt co-founded a public relations agency named Profile PR specialising in IT with Mike Elms, a childhood friend. Hunt and Elms later sold their interest in Profile PR to concentrate on directory publishing.

Hunt had been interested in creating a 'guide to help people who want to study rather than just travel abroad'{{cite web |url=http://www.szdaily.com/content/2018-07/13/content_21043785.htm |title=Jeremy Hunt: Japanese-speaking 'great survivor' once pro-EU |work=Szdaily.com |access-date=17 January 2019 |archive-date=26 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626182954/http://www.szdaily.com/content/2018-07/13/content_21043785.htm |url-status=live}} and, together with Elms, founded a company known as Hotcourses in the 1990s, a major client of which is the British Council. Hunt stood down as director of the company in 2009; however, he still retained 48% of the shares in the company, which were held in a blind trust before Hotcourses was sold in January 2017 for over £35 million to Australian education organisation IDP Education. From 2009 onwards, Elms had guided and grown the company to this position after Hunt's segue into politics. Hunt personally gained over £14 million from the sale and in doing so became the richest member of Theresa May's Cabinet.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/16/jeremy-hunt-in-line-for-145m-windfall-over-hotcourses-sale|title=Jeremy Hunt in line for £14.5m windfall over Hotcourses sale|work=The Guardian|date=16 January 2017|last=Walker|first=Peter|access-date=10 March 2017|archive-date=2 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202025422/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/16/jeremy-hunt-in-line-for-145m-windfall-over-hotcourses-sale|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38638577|title=Hunt makes millions from sale of Hotcourses|publisher=BBC News|date=16 January 2017|last=Pollock|first=Ian|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=30 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930074100/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38638577|url-status=live}}{{cite journal|last=Cowley|first=Jason|date=18 April – 2 May 2019|title=The NS Profile "The Last Cameroon: Jeremy Hunt is on a mission to unite his fractured party – and the country"|journal=New Statesman|pages=24–33}}

At the 2005 general election, Hunt was elected to Parliament as MP for South West Surrey with 50.4% of the vote and a majority of 5,711.{{cite web |title=Election Data 2005 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt |archive-date=15 October 2011 |access-date=18 October 2015 |publisher=Electoral Calculus}}

After supporting David Cameron's bid for leadership of the Conservative Party, he was appointed Shadow Minister for Disabled People in December 2005. In the same year, he was a co-author of a policy pamphlet Direct Democracy: An Agenda For A New Model Party which included statements supporting denationalising the NHS and suggested replacing it with "a new system of health provision in which people would pay money into personal health accounts, which they could then use to shop around for care from public and private providers. Those who could not afford to save enough would be funded by the state".{{cite news|last1=Helm|first1=Toby|last2=Syal|first2=Rajeev|date=16 August 2009|title=Key Tory MPs backed call to dismantle NHS|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/aug/16/tory-mps-back-nhs-dismantling|access-date=31 January 2014|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309170114/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/aug/16/tory-mps-back-nhs-dismantling|url-status=live}} Hunt later denied that the policy pamphlet expresses his views.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-privatise-nhs-tories-privatising-private-insurance-market-replacement-direct-democracy-a6865306.html|title=Jeremy Hunt co-authored book calling for NHS to be replaced with private insurance|work=The Independent|date=10 February 2016|last=Stone|first=Jon|access-date=1 September 2017|archive-date=22 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822120241/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-privatise-nhs-tories-privatising-private-insurance-market-replacement-direct-democracy-a6865306.html|url-status=live}} In David Cameron's reshuffle of 2 July 2007, Hunt joined the Shadow cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

In 2009, Hunt was investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/labour-mps-expenses/6780793/MPs-expenses-Jeremy-Hunt-to-repay-9500.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/labour-mps-expenses/6780793/MPs-expenses-Jeremy-Hunt-to-repay-9500.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=MPs' expenses: Jeremy Hunt to repay £9,500 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=10 December 2009 |access-date=19 January 2011}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmstnprv/157/15702.htm|title=Standards and Privileges Committee – Fourth Report Mr Jeremy Hunt|publisher=Standards and Privilege Committee|date=10 December 2009|access-date=4 January 2011|archive-date=11 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711121123/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmstnprv/157/15702.htm|url-status=live}} 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."

Hunt offered to repay half the money (£9,558.50), which was accepted. Hunt repaid £1,996 for claiming the expenses of his Farnham home while claiming the mortgage of his Hammersmith home. The commissioner said: "Mr Hunt has readily accepted that he was in error, and in breach of the rules of the House, in making a claim for utilities and other services on his Farnham home in the period during which it was still his main home. He has repaid the sum claimed, £1,996, in full. It is clear that, as a new Member in May 2005, his office arrangements were at best disorganised." The Legg Report showed no other issues.{{cite web|date=4 February 2010|title=Review of past ACA payments|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmmemest/348/348.pdf|page=86|publisher=House of Commons Members Estimate Committee|access-date=5 February 2010|archive-date=14 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214183244/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmmemest/348/348.pdf|url-status=live}}

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At the 2010 general election, Hunt was re-elected to Parliament as MP for South West Surrey with an increased vote share of 58.7% and an increased majority of 16,318.{{cite web |title=Election Data 2010 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt |archive-date=26 July 2013 |access-date=17 October 2015 |publisher=Electoral Calculus}}[http://www.waverley.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=623&pageNumber=2 Results for the UK Parliamentary Election 2010 (South West Surrey)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100512082814/http://www.waverley.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=623&pageNumber=2|date=2010-05-12}}, Waverley Borough Council[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/constituency/1315/surrey-south-west Surrey South West], guardian.co.uk[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e28.stm Election 2010, Surrey South West], BBC News

When the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats formed a coalition following the general election, Hunt was appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (combining the roles of leading the Department for Culture, Media and Sport with that of Minister for the Olympics). He was consequently appointed a Privy Councillor on 13 May 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.privy-council.org.uk/files/other/13th%20May2010%20List.doc |title=Privy Council Orders 13 May 2010 |work=Privy Council |access-date=26 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611044054/http://www.privy-council.org.uk/files/other/13th%20May2010%20List.doc |archive-date=11 June 2011}}

In June 2010, Hunt attracted controversy for suggesting football hooliganism played a part in the death of 96 football fans in the Hillsborough disaster; this was despite the fact that it had been established that a lack of police control and the presence of terraces and perimeter fences were the causes of the tragedy. Hunt later apologised.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/10434714.stm |title=Jeremy Hunt 'sorry' over Hillsborough hooligans claim |publisher=BBC News |access-date=28 June 2010 |date=28 June 2010 |archive-date=16 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716191410/https://www.bbc.com/news/10434714 |url-status=live}}

In September 2010, The Observer reported that it "raised eyebrows" when Hunt's former parliamentary assistant, Naomi Gummer, was given a job within the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on a fixed-term civil service contract after Hunt had proposed departmental cuts of 35–50 per cent. The head of the Public and Commercial Services Union questioned Hunt's motives, saying: "Political independence of the civil service is a fundamental part of our democracy and we would be deeply concerned if this was being put at risk by nepotism and privilege." Gummer is the daughter of a Conservative life peer, Lord Chadlington, who was a director of Hotcourses between 2000 and 2004.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/sep/19/jeremy-hunt-naomi-gummer-chadlington-dcms |work=The Observer |first=Jamie |last=Doward |title=Row after Tory peer's daughter is given job in culture secretary Jeremy Hunt's department |date=19 September 2010 |access-date=4 January 2011 |archive-date=6 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706184424/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/sep/19/jeremy-hunt-naomi-gummer-chadlington-dcms |url-status=live}}

As Culture Secretary, Hunt devised and championed a plan to give Britain the fastest broadband speeds in Europe. There was initial scepticism about his plans with concerns they could lead to BT regaining its monopoly.{{cite news |last=Meyer |first=David |url=https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/networking/broadband-policy-could-bring-back-bt-monopoly-claims-lords-report/ |title=Broadband policy could bring back BT monopoly, claims Lords report |work=ZDNet |date=31 July 2012 |access-date=27 July 2015 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129045911/http://www.zdnet.com/broadband-policy-could-bring-back-bt-monopoly-claims-lords-report-7000001883/ |url-status=live}} He also spearheaded the drive for local TV and as a result of this policy Ofcom awarded local television licences to Belfast, Birmingham, Brighton & Hove, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Grimsby, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Plymouth, Preston, Sheffield, Southampton, and Swansea.{{cite web |url=http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/2012/05/ofcom-invites-applications-for-first-21-local-tv-channels/ |title=Ofcom invites applications for first 21 local TV channels |work=Ofcom |date=10 May 2012 |access-date=27 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301030103/http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/2012/05/ofcom-invites-applications-for-first-21-local-tv-channels/ |archive-date=1 March 2014}} In terms of culture policy, his main focus was to boost philanthropy given the spending cuts that the arts along with other sectors was experiencing. Changes were made to inheritance tax – including measures to encourage private gifts to the arts.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2011/george-osborne-announces-arts-philanthropy-measures-in-budget/|title=George Osborne announces arts philanthropy measures in budget {{!}} News|last=Smith|first=Alistair|date=23 March 2011|website=The Stage|access-date=4 April 2019|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404145205/https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2011/george-osborne-announces-arts-philanthropy-measures-in-budget/|url-status=live}}

During Hunt's tenure, competition and policy issues relating to media and telecommunications became the responsibility of the Culture Secretary; they were removed from the purview of the Business Secretary, Vince Cable, after Cable was recorded stating that he had "declared war" on Rupert Murdoch.{{cite news |last=Peston |first=Robert |title=What Vince Cable said about Rupert Murdoch and BSkyB |publisher=BBC News |date=21 December 2010 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2010/12/what_vince_cable_said_about_ru.html |access-date=24 April 2012 |archive-date=2 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502093025/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2010/12/what_vince_cable_said_about_ru.html |url-status=live}}

In April 2012, The Daily Telegraph disclosed that Hunt had reduced his tax bill by over £100,000 by receiving dividends from Hotcourses in the form of property which was promptly leased back to the company.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9232715/Jeremy-Hunt-avoided-100000-tax-bill-in-deal-just-days-before-rate-rise.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9232715/Jeremy-Hunt-avoided-100000-tax-bill-in-deal-just-days-before-rate-rise.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Jeremy Hunt avoided £100,000 tax bill in deal just days before rate rise |first1=Holly |last1=Watt |first2=Claire |last2=Newell |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=27 April 2012 |date=27 April 2012}}{{cbignore}} The dividend in specie was paid just before a 10% rise in dividend tax and Hunt was not required to pay stamp duty on the property.

Hunt was given the quasi-judicial power to adjudicate over the News Corporation takeover bid for BSkyB. Hunt chose not to refer the deal to the Competition Commission, announcing on 3 March 2011 that he intended to accept a series of undertakings given by News Corporation, paving the way for the deal to be approved.{{cite news |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/news-corp-bskyb-merger-update-march-2011 |title=Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt makes a statement on proposed merger |work=GOV.UK |date=25 April 2012 |access-date=24 February 2016 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112023535/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/news-corp-bskyb-merger-update-march-2011 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/notice-of-consultation-on-the-proposed-acquisition-by-news-corporation-of-up-to-60-9-of-bskyb-group-plc-march-2011 |title=Notice of Consultation on the proposed acquisition by News Corporation of up to 60.9% of BSkyB Group PLC, March 2011 |work=gov.uk |date=3 March 2011 |access-date=24 February 2016 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033108/https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/notice-of-consultation-on-the-proposed-acquisition-by-news-corporation-of-up-to-60-9-of-bskyb-group-plc-march-2011 |url-status=live}} Following a series of scandals concerning phone hacking, a House of Commons motion was planned that called on News Corporation to abandon the bid. The bid was eventually dropped.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14142307 |publisher=BBC News |title=News Corp withdraws bid for BSkyB |date=13 July 2011 |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-date=13 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713201639/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14142307 |url-status=live}} Hunt was alleged to have had improper contact with News Corporation. Emails released to the Leveson Inquiry detailed contacts between Hunt's special advisor Adam Smith and Frédéric Michel,{{cite news |first=Helen |last=Pidd |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/apr/25/adam-smith-frederic-michel-correspondence |title=Adam Smith and Frédéric Michel: an intimate correspondence |work=The Guardian |date=25 April 2012 |access-date=11 December 2016 |archive-date=20 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620072041/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/apr/25/adam-smith-frederic-michel-correspondence |url-status=live}} News Corporation's director of public affairs and therefore a lobbyist for James Murdoch. The revelations led to calls from the Labour opposition and others for Hunt's resignation.{{cite news|first=Oliver|last=Wright|display-authors=etal|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/james-murdochs-revenge-evidence-that-shook-government-to-its-core-7675196.html|title=James Murdoch's revenge: Evidence that shook Government to its core|work=The Independent|date=25 April 2012|access-date=3 February 2016|archive-date=7 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307221557/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/james-murdochs-revenge-evidence-that-shook-government-to-its-core-7675196.html|url-status=live}} Smith, Hunt's special adviser, resigned on 25 April{{cite news|first=Patrick|last=Wintour|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/apr/25/jeremy-hunt-adviser-adam-smith-quits|title=Jeremy Hunt's special adviser Adam Smith quits|work=The Guardian|date=25 April 2012|access-date=3 February 2016|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123054501/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/apr/25/jeremy-hunt-adviser-adam-smith-quits|url-status=live}} shortly before Hunt made an emergency parliamentary statement in which he said that Smith's contact with Michel was "clearly not appropriate". Hunt said Lord Justice Leveson should be able to investigate and rule on the accusations and requested the earliest date possible to give evidence to the Inquiry to set out his side of the story.{{cite news |first=Robert |last=Winnett |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/leveson-inquiry/9226216/Jeremy-Hunt-admits-links-between-adviser-and-News-Corp-clearly-not-appropriate.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/leveson-inquiry/9226216/Jeremy-Hunt-admits-links-between-adviser-and-News-Corp-clearly-not-appropriate.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Jeremy Hunt admits links between adviser and News Corp 'clearly not appropriate' |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=25 April 2012 |access-date=3 February 2016}}{{cbignore}}

Hunt appeared before the Leveson Inquiry on 31 May 2012, when it emerged that Hunt had himself been in text and private email contact with James Murdoch.{{cite web|url=http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Witness-List-28-31-May-2012.pdf|title=Leveson Inquiry Witness List Week Commencing 28 May 2012|publisher=The Leveson Inquiry|page=1|date=25 May 2012|access-date=25 May 2012|archive-date=2 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602235707/http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Witness-List-28-31-May-2012.pdf|url-status=unfit}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18273297|title=Leveson Inquiry: Hunt defends 'congrats' Murdoch text|publisher=BBC News|date=31 May 2012|access-date=31 May 2012|archive-date=31 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531093327/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18273297|url-status=live}} Journalist Iain Martin claimed that at a 2010 event held at UCL, which Murdoch attended, he saw Hunt hide behind a tree to avoid being seen by journalists.{{cite web|last=Martin|first=Iain|title=The night I saw Jeremy Hunt hide behind a tree before dinner with James Murdoch…|url=http://capx.co/the-night-i-saw-jeremy-hunt-hide-behind-a-tree/|website=CapX|access-date=28 June 2016|date=26 February 2016|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112022141/https://capx.co/the-night-i-saw-jeremy-hunt-hide-behind-a-tree/|url-status=live}} Hunt later told the Leveson Inquiry that "I thought, this is not the time to have an impromptu interview, so I moved to a different part of the quadrangle... there may or may not have been trees!"{{cite AV media |title=Leveson Inquiry: 'I did not hide behind a tree', says Jeremy Hunt |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoJ5B-wRq_c |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/eoJ5B-wRq_c |archive-date=17 November 2021 |url-status=live |work=YouTube |author=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=28 June 2016}}{{cbignore}}

Lord Justice Leveson cleared Hunt of bias when the report was published, stating that "in some respects, there was much to commend in Mr Hunt's handling of the bid".{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/270942/0780_iii.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309101724/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/270942/0780_iii.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2014|title=An Inquiry into The Culture, Practices And Ethics of the Press|last=Leveson|first=Brian|date=November 2012|volume=III|publisher=The Leveson Inquiry|pages=419, 422}} He concluded: "What was not evident from the close consideration of events which the Inquiry undertook was any credible evidence of actual bias on the part of Mr Hunt. Whatever he had said, both publicly and in private, about News Corporation or the Murdochs, as soon as he was given the responsibility for dealing with the bid the evidence demonstrates a real desire on his part to get it right. His actions as a decision maker were frequently adverse to News Corporation's interests. He showed a willingness to follow Ofcom's advice and to take action, to the extent recommended by the regulators, in response to the consultation."

As Culture Secretary, Hunt was the government minister responsible for the 2012 London Olympics and 2012 London Paralympics. When it transpired that contractors G4S could not provide enough security staff for the Games, Hunt announced that soldiers would be drafted in and that he had been forced to "think again" about the default use of private contractors.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/aug/14/g4s-advertises-staff-police-crimes?INTCMP=SRCH |work=The Guardian |first=Alan |last=Travis |title=G4S advertises for staff to help police investigate crimes |date=14 August 2012 |access-date=11 December 2016 |archive-date=4 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604005805/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/aug/14/g4s-advertises-staff-police-crimes?INTCMP=SRCH |url-status=live}} Hunt took the decision to double the budget for the opening ceremony which received acclaim, and overall the Games were considered a huge success internationally.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jan/06/2012-olympics-britain-party |title=Banging Olympic drum for Britain to cost £39m but 'it's not a party' |work=The Guardian |date=6 January 2012 |last=Gibson |first=Owen |access-date=11 December 2016 |archive-date=26 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626182956/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jan/06/2012-olympics-britain-party|url-status=live}}{{cite news |first=Alexandra |last=Topping |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/13/london-2012-games-verdict-around-world |title=London 2012: verdict from around the world |work=The Guardian |date=13 August 2012 |access-date=27 July 2015 |archive-date=11 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111214235/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/13/london-2012-games-verdict-around-world |url-status=live}}{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Lawrence |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/global-praise-for-superb-london-2012-olympics-8037820.html |title=Global praise for 'superb' London 2012 Olympics |work=The Independent |date=13 August 2012 |access-date=27 July 2015 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925162830/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/global-praise-for-superb-london-2012-olympics-8037820.html |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/apr/09/bafta-tv-awards-nominations-olympics|title=Bafta TV nominations: BBC London 2012 Olympics coverage gets hat-trick |work=The Guardian |date=9 April 2013|access-date=24 February 2016 |archive-date=4 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604162918/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/apr/09/bafta-tv-awards-nominations-olympics |url-status=live}} According to Danny Boyle, the artistic director for the opening ceremony, the Government initially suggested removing the section of the opening ceremony about the NHS, although Hunt denied this.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/10/london-olympic-opening-ceremony-team-was-put-under-political-pre/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/10/london-olympic-opening-ceremony-team-was-put-under-political-pre/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=London Olympic opening ceremony team was 'put under political pressure to remove section about the NHS' |work=The Daily Telegraph |first=Lydia |last=Willgress |date=10 July 2016 |access-date=4 September 2016}}{{cbignore}}

The Games received widespread acclaim for their organisation, with the volunteers, the British military and public enthusiasm praised particularly highly.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19233495|publisher=BBC News |title=London 2012: IOC chief Jaques Rogge 'very happy' with Games |date=12 August 2012 |access-date=14 August 2012|archive-date=13 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813101505/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19233495 |url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/london-2012-olympics-blog/2012/aug/12/has-olympics-changed-london-2012 |title=Has the Olympics changed London?|work=The Guardian |date=12 August 2012 |access-date=14 August 2012 |first=Hannah |last=Waldram |archive-date=13 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113193544/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/london-2012-olympics-blog/2012/aug/12/has-olympics-changed-london-2012|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Scanlan |first=Wayne |date=10 August 2012 |url=https://calgaryherald.com/sports/2012-summer-games/Buoyed+record+medal+haul+suprisingly+sunny/7072134/story.html |title=Buoyed by a record medal haul – and surprisingly sunny skies – the British have embraced the Olympics, turning out to live sites in droves to cheer on Team GB |work=Calgary Herald |access-date=14 August 2012 |archive-date=16 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816063024/http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/2012-summer-games/Buoyed+record+medal+haul+suprisingly+sunny/7072134/story.html |url-status=live}} In the aftermath, Hunt set up the school games as an Olympic Legacy project. Although there was criticism at the time of cuts in the school sports budget,{{cite news |first=Denis |last=Campbell |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/aug/06/michael-gove-own-goal-school-sports |title=Michael Gove's political own goal on school sports |work=The Guardian |date=6 August 2012 |access-date=27 July 2015 |archive-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120014029/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/aug/06/michael-gove-own-goal-school-sports |url-status=live}} 11,953 schools took part in the School Games in the first year.{{cite web |page=1 |url=http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/publications/School-Games-Regional-Breakdown-Map.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609200442/http://culture.gov.uk/images/publications/School-Games-Regional-Breakdown-Map.pdf |archive-date=9 June 2012 |title=School Games Regional Breakdown |work=gov.uk}} Hunt also campaigned to increase the emphasis on the importance of the tourism industry, especially the potential of the Chinese tourist market.{{cite news |first=Nicholas |last=Cecil |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/culture-secretary-jeremy-hunt-fasttracks-chinese-visas-to-lure-tourists-8045867.html |title=Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt fast-tracks Chinese visas to lure tourists |work=Evening Standard |date=14 August 2012 |access-date=27 July 2015 |archive-date=12 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112195953/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/culture-secretary-jeremy-hunt-fasttracks-chinese-visas-to-lure-tourists-8045867.html |url-status=live}}

{{main|Jeremy Hunt's tenure as Health Secretary}}

File:Jeremy Hunt and Dr Mark Davies visiting the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health, 700 Second St, Washington, USA-3June2013.jpg

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Hunt was appointed Secretary of State for Health in the 2012 cabinet reshuffle, succeeding Andrew Lansley.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19472688 |publisher=BBC News |title=Cabinet reshuffle: Lansley replaced by Hunt in health job |date=4 September 2012 |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-date=31 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731094455/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19472688 |url-status=live}} During his tenure Hunt pursued an ambitious agenda to address patient safety,{{cite news |title=Jeremy Hunt crazy to call hospital bosses, says regulator|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25476090 |access-date=21 December 2013 |publisher=BBC News |date=21 December 2013|archive-date=17 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417070150/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25476090 |url-status=live}} regional variations in premature deaths,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22844227 |publisher=BBC News |date=11 June 2013 |first=James |last=Gallagher |title=Early deaths: Regional variations 'shocking' – Hunt |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-date=20 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820140011/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22844227 |url-status=live}} health tourism{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/10151282/Crackdown-on-NHS-health-tourists.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703100442/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/10151282/Crackdown-on-NHS-health-tourists.html |archive-date=3 July 2013 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Crackdown on NHS 'health tourists' |first=Rowena |last=Mason |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=30 June 2013 |access-date=2 July 2013}} and A&E waiting times.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42552267 |title=Health secretary Jeremy Hunt sorry as A&Es struggle to cope |date=3 January 2018 |publisher=BBC News |last1=Therrien |first1=Alex |last2=Triggle |first2=Nick |access-date=3 January 2018 |archive-date=27 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227171351/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42552267 |url-status=live}} He oversaw increased spending on the NHS but was criticised for controversial reforms,{{cite news |date=8 December 2017 |title=Stephen Hawking joins lawsuit aimed at foiling Hunt's NHS shake-up |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/08/stephen-hawking-lawsuit-foiling-jeremy-hunt-nhs-shake-up |last=Campbell |first=Denis |access-date=14 March 2018 |archive-date=20 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320115105/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/dec/08/stephen-hawking-lawsuit-foiling-jeremy-hunt-nhs-shake-up |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Fenton |first=Siobhan |date=19 July 2016 |title=Jeremy Hunt has broken funding pledges and is 'misleading' the public over reforms, report finds |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/jeremy-hunt-nhs-money-funding-pledges-broken-health-secretary-misleading-public-report-a7144256.html|access-date=20 July 2016 |archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108113451/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/jeremy-hunt-nhs-money-funding-pledges-broken-health-secretary-misleading-public-report-a7144256.html |url-status=live}} manipulating figures{{cite news |last=Gill |first=Martha|date=18 October 2016|title=Jeremy Hunt admits to fudging 10bn funding pledge for nhs |work=The Huffington Post|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jeremy-hunt-admits-to-fudging-10bn-funding-pledge-for-nhs_uk_58062c83e4b096d121471392 |access-date=19 October 2016 |archive-date=22 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122092143/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jeremy-hunt-admits-to-fudging-10bn-funding-pledge-for-nhs_uk_58062c83e4b096d121471392|url-status=live}} and increased privatisation.{{cite news |date=30 January 2018 |title=Stephen Hawking wins right to take Jeremy Hunt to court over NHS 'back door privatisation' |work=Cambridge News |last=Elliott |first=Chris |url=https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/stephen-hawking-top-doctors-win-14219765 |access-date=14 March 2018 |archive-date=21 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121215020/https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/stephen-hawking-top-doctors-win-14219765 |url-status=live}} In a major break from a policy previously favoured by Conservative and Labour governments, Hunt declared patient choice was not key to improving NHS performance.{{cite news |last=West |first=Dave |date=26 November 2014 |title=Patient choice is not key to improving performance, says Hunt |work=Health Service Journal |url=http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/exclusive-patient-choice-is-not-key-to-improving-performance-says-hunt/5077051.article |access-date=14 December 2014 |archive-date=10 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810185922/https://www.hsj.co.uk/news/acute-care/exclusive-patient-choice-is-not-key-to-improving-performance-says-hunt/5077051.article |url-status=live}} He also defended the universal coverage provided by the NHS, including against US President Donald Trump.{{cite news|last1=Walker|first1=Peter|last2=Pengelly|first2=Martin|date=5 February 2018|title=Theresa May rebukes Donald Trump over NHS comments|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/05/trump-pro-nhs-marches-universal-healthcare-farage-fox-friends|access-date=5 February 2018|archive-date=24 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124010811/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/05/trump-pro-nhs-marches-universal-healthcare-farage-fox-friends|url-status=live}} He has supported reducing the abortion limit from 24 weeks to 12 weeks{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19854465 |title=Abortion limit reduction favoured by Jeremy Hunt |publisher=BBC News |date=6 October 2012 |access-date=8 December 2012 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309104301/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19854465 |url-status=live}} and homoeopathy if recommended to patients by a doctor.{{cite news |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tomchiversscience/100179258/jeremy-hunt-health-secretary-thinks-homeopathy-works/ |title=Jeremy Hunt, Health Secretary, thinks homeopathy works |date=4 September 2012 |last=Chiver |first=Tom |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 September 2012 |archive-date=28 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328194756/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tomchiversscience/100179258/jeremy-hunt-health-secretary-thinks-homeopathy-works/ |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/may/08/jeremy-hunt-homeopathy-studies-chief-medical-officer |title=Jeremy Hunt sent homeopathy studies to chief medical officer |first1=Sarah |last1=Boseley |first2=Rowena |last2=Mason |work=The Guardian |date=8 May 2014 |access-date=6 October 2015 |archive-date=21 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221135751/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/may/08/jeremy-hunt-homeopathy-studies-chief-medical-officer |url-status=live}}{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y96OrC4kCc8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/Y96OrC4kCc8 |archive-date=17 November 2021 |url-status=live |title=Jeremy Hunt: Live On LBC |author=LBC |work=YouTube |access-date=26 September 2016 |date=10 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}

In 2012, Hunt attempted to downgrade casualty and maternity units in Lewisham.{{cite news|last=Bulman|first=May|date=8 May 2017|title=Progressive alliance: Greens, Labour and Liberal Democrats unite to take down Jeremy Hunt|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-stands-down-to-help-nhs-doctor-win-against-jeremy-hunt-a7723491.html|access-date=8 May 2017|archive-date=8 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508152845/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-stands-down-to-help-nhs-doctor-win-against-jeremy-hunt-a7723491.html|url-status=live}} Hunt stated the cuts were necessary because neighbouring South London Healthcare NHS Trust had been losing more than £1m every week.{{cite news |date=8 May 2017 |title=Jeremy Hunt's Lewisham hospital cuts plan quashed at High Court |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23518732 |access-date=31 July 2013 |archive-date=1 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801180001/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23518732 |url-status=live}} A campaign led by GP Louise Irvine defeated Hunt in court in 2012 on this issue, with the judge ruling that Hunt acted outside his powers when he announced casualty and maternity units at Lewisham Hospital would be downgraded.

In March 2014, Hunt announced that the Government would not give a recommended 1% pay rise to NHS non-medical staff receiving progression pay (around 55% of total non-medical staff).{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/13/unions-threaten-strike-action-nhs-pay-settlement-unite-gmb |title=Unions threaten strike action over NHS pay settlement |access-date=18 March 2014 |work=The Guardian |last1=Campbell |first1=Denis |last2=Watt |first2=Nicholas |last3=Mason |first3=Rowena |date=13 March 2014 |archive-date=19 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119064454/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/13/unions-threaten-strike-action-nhs-pay-settlement-unite-gmb |url-status=live}} Following a pre-election report in April 2015 that hospital chiefs shared an average 6% pay rise totalling £35 million, Hunt promised to investigate if the Conservatives won the election.{{cite news |url=http://www.itv.com/news/2015-04-20/nhs-chiefs-handed-35-million-in-pay-rises/ |title=NHS chiefs 'handed £35 million in pay rises' |work=ITV News |date=20 April 2015 |access-date=27 December 2015 |archive-date=8 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108115710/https://www.itv.com/news/2015-04-20/nhs-chiefs-handed-35-million-in-pay-rises |url-status=live}}

At the 2015 general election, Hunt was again re-elected with an increased vote share of 59.9% and an increased majority of 28,556.{{cite web |title=Election Data 2015 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-date=17 October 2015 |access-date=17 October 2015 |publisher=Electoral Calculus}}

In July 2015, Hunt became the subject of the first petition on a new UK Government website to reach the threshold of 100,000 signatures required for a petition to be considered for debate in Parliament. The petition called for a debate on a vote of "No Confidence" in Hunt as Health Secretary,{{cite journal|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h4101|title=Petition calling for health secretary's resignation exceeds 200 000 supporters|first=Abi|last=Rimmer|date=28 July 2015|journal=BMJ|volume=351|pages=h4101|access-date=5 June 2019|via=www.bmj.com|doi=10.1136/bmj.h4101|pmid=26220673|s2cid=206906976|archive-date=26 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626183002/https://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h4101|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mps-debate-jeremy-hunt-sacking-6117332 |title=MPs will debate Jeremy Hunt sacking petition – but Tories could block it at first hurdle |work=The Mirror |date=22 July 2015 |access-date=28 July 2015 |first=Dan |last=Bloom |archive-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120161151/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mps-debate-jeremy-hunt-sacking-6117332 |url-status=live}} and ultimately recorded 222,991 signatures leading to a debate on the motion being scheduled in September 2015.{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Mikey |title=Andy Burnham promises to table vote of no confidence in Jeremy Hunt after 200,000 sign petition |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/andy-burnham-promises-table-vote-6148268 |work=The Mirror |access-date=28 July 2015 |date=27 July 2015 |archive-date=28 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128191759/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/andy-burnham-promises-table-vote-6148268 |url-status=live}} However, the Petitions Committee would not have had the power to initiate a vote of no confidence so instead debated the contracts and conditions of NHS staff.{{cite news |url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mps-debate-jeremy-hunt-sacking-6117332 |title=How Tories can block this petition to sack Jeremy Hunt at the first hurdle |first=Dan |last=Bloom |date=22 July 2015 |work=The Mirror |access-date=5 June 2019 |archive-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120161151/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mps-debate-jeremy-hunt-sacking-6117332 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/political-news/parliament-shuns-debate-on-jeremy-hunts-removal-as-health-secretary/20020055.article |title=Parliament shuns debate on Jeremy Hunt's removal as health secretary |first=Sofia |last=Lind |website=Pulse Today |date=9 September 2015 |access-date=5 June 2019 |archive-date=26 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626182952/http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/political-news/parliament-shuns-debate-on-jeremy-hunts-removal-as-health-secretary/20020055.article|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm150914/halltext/150914h0001.htm#15091415000001 |title=NHS (Contracts and Conditions) |work=UK Parliament |access-date=16 September 2015 |archive-date=8 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808180752/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm150914/halltext/150914h0001.htm#15091415000001 |url-status=live}}

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."{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/nhs/12064455/NHS-hit-by-nurses-pay-scandal.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/nhs/12064455/NHS-hit-by-nurses-pay-scandal.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=NHS hit by locum agency nurses' pay scandal |work=The Daily Telegraph |first1=Lyndsey |last1=Telford |first2=Claire |last2=Newell |first3=Edward |last3=Malnick |first4=Luke |last4=Heighton |date=22 December 2015 |access-date=25 December 2015}}{{cbignore}}

Hunt supported Britain remaining in the European Union (EU) in the 2016 referendum. After the result that supported Brexit was announced, Hunt suggested a second referendum on the terms of any exit deal with him personally backing one in which the UK would stay in the Single Market.{{cite news |title=Jeremy Hunt suggests second EU referendum |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36647948 |access-date=28 June 2016 |date=28 June 2016 |archive-date=24 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724143805/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36647948 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/27/after-brexit-we-can-no-longer-ignore-fears-about-immigration/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/27/after-brexit-we-can-no-longer-ignore-fears-about-immigration/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Daily Telegraph |title=We can win a better deal for Britain – it's the only way the EU can save itself |last=Hunt |first=Jeremy |date=27 June 2016 |access-date=18 January 2017}}{{cbignore}}

Hunt became the longest-serving Health Secretary in British political history on 3 June 2018.{{cite news |title=Jeremy Hunt's calamitous 2,099-day reign by numbers as he becomes UK's longest-serving Health Secretary |work=The Mirror |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/jeremy-hunt-longest-serving-health-12637749 |access-date=5 June 2018 |archive-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125200507/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/jeremy-hunt-longest-serving-health-12637749 |url-status=live}}

In October 2016, Hunt called for a reduction in the number of foreign doctors working in the NHS after the UK left the EU.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jeremy-hunt-brexit-replace-foreign-doctors-british-nhs-eu-a7341256.html|title=Jeremy Hunt: We can replace foreign doctors with British talent after Brexit|work=The Independent|date=2 October 2016|access-date=2 October 2016|last=Agerholm|first=Harriet|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108174715/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jeremy-hunt-brexit-replace-foreign-doctors-british-nhs-eu-a7341256.html|url-status=live}} At the Conservative Party Conference later in the month, Hunt pledged, by 2025, the NHS would be "self-sufficient in doctors". He announced an increase of up to 1,500 extra places at medical schools in the UK in 2018, partly funded by an increase in international medical student fees. Hunt also stated UK medical students would be forced to work in the NHS for at least four years or have to repay the cost of their training, around £220,000.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/03/jeremy-hunt-promises-to-end-nhs-reliance-on-overseas-doctors-after-brexit|title=Hunt promises to end NHS reliance on overseas doctors after Britain leaves EU|work=The Guardian|date=4 October 2016|last1=Stewart|first1=Heather|last2=Campbell|first2=Denis|access-date=4 October 2016|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108095111/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/03/jeremy-hunt-promises-to-end-nhs-reliance-on-overseas-doctors-after-brexit|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37546360|title=Student doctor numbers to rise by 25%|publisher=BBC News|date=4 October 2016|last=Triggle|first=Nick|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=19 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119061140/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37546360|url-status=live}}

At the snap 2017 general election, Hunt was again re-elected, with a decreased vote share of 55.7% and a decreased majority of 21,590.{{cite web |title=Election for the constituency of South West Surrey on 8 June 2017 |url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/elections/1178 |access-date=25 July 2024 |website=UK Parliament}}

In October 2017, Hunt stated he supported Brexit, citing the "arrogance of the EU Commission" in responding to the UK Government in the Brexit negotiations.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/11/how-remain-voting-tories-responded-to-new-referendum-question|title=How remain-voting Tories responded to new referendum question|last=Weaver|first=Matthew|date=11 October 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=12 October 2017|archive-date=12 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112012955/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/11/how-remain-voting-tories-responded-to-new-referendum-question|url-status=live}}

In April 2018, The Daily Telegraph reported that Hunt breached anti-money laundering legislation by failing to declare his 50 per cent interest in a property firm to Companies House within the required 28 days. Hunt also failed to disclose his interest in the property firm on the Parliamentary Register of Members' interests within the required 28 days.{{cite news |last=Mikhailova |first=Anna |date=12 April 2018 |title=Exclusive: Jeremy Hunt admits breaking Government's own rules over company he used to buy seven flats |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/04/12/exclusive-jeremy-hunt-admits-breaking-governments-rules-company/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/04/12/exclusive-jeremy-hunt-admits-breaking-governments-rules-company/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=13 April 2018 |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}} Hunt later rectified the error. A spokesman for Hunt said that Hunt's "accountant made an error in the Companies House filing, which was a genuine oversight". In response, a spokesman for Downing Street agreed with the Cabinet Office that there was no breach of the ministerial code. The Labour Party referred Hunt to the parliamentary commissioner for standards.{{cite news|date=13 April 2018|title=Labour to refer Hunt to Parliament watchdog|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43748513|access-date=13 April 2018|archive-date=12 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112222717/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43748513|url-status=live}}

In July 2015, Hunt indicated he would be prepared to impose a new consultant contract on doctors in England which would remove the opt out for non-emergency work at weekends to prevent "about 6,000 avoidable deaths" resulting from "Monday to Friday culture" in the NHS and to reintroduce "a sense of vocation" in consultants.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33542940|last=Triggle|first=Nick|title=Jeremy Hunt: Doctors 'must work weekends'|work=BBC News|date=16 July 2015|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=22 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422140751/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33542940|url-status=live}} The comments angered doctors who responded by sharing photographs of themselves working at weekends via social media using the hashtag #ImInWorkJeremy.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33578990|publisher=BBC News|title=#ImInWorkJeremy: NHS staff post weekend working photos|date=18 July 2015|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=29 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329212325/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33578990|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=20 July 2015|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jul/20/iminworkjeremy-doctors-working-weekend-selfies-open-letters-jeremy-hunt-nhs|title=#ImInWorkJeremy: doctors' working weekend selfies and open letters go viral|last=Cresci|first=Elena|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304231104/http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jul/20/iminworkjeremy-doctors-working-weekend-selfies-open-letters-jeremy-hunt-nhs|url-status=live}}{{cite news|work=The Guardian|date=21 July 2015|url=https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2015/jul/21/doctors-decisions-ill-informed-jeremy-hunt-people-die-iminworkjeremy|title=If doctors made decisions as ill-informed as Jeremy Hunt's, people would die|last=Certic|first=Katya|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305054221/http://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2015/jul/21/doctors-decisions-ill-informed-jeremy-hunt-people-die-iminworkjeremy|url-status=live}} Hunt was criticised by statisticians David Spiegelhalter and David Craven, BMA council chair Mark Porter and Shadow Health Secretary Heidi Alexander for his claims not merely misrepresenting the facts but potentially causing patients to delay hospitals visits and put themselves at risk. His critics described the Hunt Effect where patients who needed medical attention at a weekend had been deterred from doing so because they were persuaded it would be better to wait until a Monday.{{cite news|date=7 October 2015|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/07/the-hunt-file-doctors-dossier-of-patients-put-at-risk-by-health-secretary|title=The Hunt file: doctors' dossier of patients 'put at risk' by health secretary|first1=Matthew|last1=Weaver|first2=Denis|last2=Campbell|work=The Guardian|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=25 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225023928/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/07/the-hunt-file-doctors-dossier-of-patients-put-at-risk-by-health-secretary|url-status=live}}{{cite news|work=The Guardian|date=8 October 2015|last=Campbell|first=Denis|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/08/all-you-need-to-know-about-thehunteffect|title=All you need to know about '#thehunteffect'|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=4 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104003505/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/08/all-you-need-to-know-about-thehunteffect|url-status=live}}{{cite news|work=The Guardian|date=19 November 2015|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/18/jeremy-hunt-statement-on-nhs-weekend-hospital-care-is-misleading-experts-warn|title=Jeremy Hunt statement on weekend hospital care is misleading, experts warn|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510220333/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/18/jeremy-hunt-statement-on-nhs-weekend-hospital-care-is-misleading-experts-warn|url-status=live}}

In October 2015, Hunt was accused by the editor of The BMJ, Fiona Godlee, of repeatedly misrepresenting a study published in the journal on the weekend effect. He had used the study as evidence when stating reduced staffing levels of doctors at weekends directly led to 11,000 excess deaths. Godlee asserted the study's authors did not specify that the excess deaths were avoidable or that staffing levels were the cause.{{cite news|url=http://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/suppl/2015/10/27/bmj.h5624.DC1/Open_letter_to_Jeremy_Hunt.pdf|title=Open letter to Jeremy Hunt|work=British Medical Journal|last=Godlee|first=Fiona|access-date=14 February 2016|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070224/http://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/suppl/2015/10/27/bmj.h5624.DC1/Open_letter_to_Jeremy_Hunt.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm151013/debtext/151013-0001.htm |title=House of Commons Hansard Debates for 13 Oct 2015 |website=publications.parliament.uk |access-date=13 February 2016 |archive-date=3 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203212912/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm151013/debtext/151013-0001.htm |url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=21 October 2015|last=Cooper|first=Charlie|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/jeremy-hunt-criticised-for-misrepresenting-nhs-weekend-mortality-facts-a6703301.html|work=The Independent|title=Jeremy Hunt criticised for 'misrepresenting' NHS weekend mortality facts|access-date=1 September 2017|archive-date=11 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011162522/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/jeremy-hunt-criticised-for-misrepresenting-nhs-weekend-mortality-facts-a6703301.html|url-status=live}} The lead author of the study, Nick Freemantle, stated they did not identify a cause for excess deaths or establish the extent to which they were avoidable.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b070hns3 |title=The Report, 7-Day NHS |work=BBC Radio 4 |publisher=BBC |date=18 February 2016 |access-date=21 December 2019 |archive-date=26 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626183006/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b070hns3 |url-status=live}} NHS Medical Director Bruce Keogh, a co-author of the study, said in response to Hunt's comments, "It is not possible to ascertain the extent to which these excess deaths may be preventable".{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/25/nhs-medical-director-weekend-effect-hospital-deaths |title=NHS medical director coy on 'weekend effect' of hospital deaths |work=The Guardian |last=Campbell |first=Denis |date=25 October 2015 |access-date=10 July 2022 |archive-date=31 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531062305/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/25/nhs-medical-director-weekend-effect-hospital-deaths |url-status=live}}

In January 2016, Hunt was criticised by stroke doctors for using out-of-date data to show stroke patients were more likely to die if admitted at weekends. They wrote there had been significant improvements since the period between 2004 and 2012, from which Hunt's data came, and new data showed there was "no longer any excess of hospital deaths in patients with stroke admitted at the weekend."{{cite news |url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/lettersandemails/article1656902.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203092620/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/lettersandemails/article1656902.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2016|title=Letters and emails: January 17 |work=The Sunday Times |date=17 January 2016 |access-date=18 January 2016}}{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britains-top-stroke-doctors-accuse-7193209 |first=Dan |last=Bloom |title=Britain's top stroke doctors accuse Jeremy Hunt of 'misrepresenting statistics' to justify his 7-day NHS |work=The Mirror |date=17 January 2016 |access-date=18 January 2016 |archive-date=17 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117103213/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britains-top-stroke-doctors-accuse-7193209 |url-status=live}} Stroke specialist David Curtis said even the outdated statistics did not support Hunt's claims.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/is-jeremy-hunt-fiddling-the-figures-over-hospital-deaths-that-would-be-no-surprise-from-this-a6823086.html|title=Is Jeremy Hunt fiddling the figures over hospital deaths? That would be no surprise from this Government|work=The Independent|first=Siobhan|last=Fenton|date=20 January 2016|access-date=21 January 2016|archive-date=20 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120194437/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/is-jeremy-hunt-fiddling-the-figures-over-hospital-deaths-that-would-be-no-surprise-from-this-a6823086.html|url-status=live}} In February, a leaked internal report by the Department of Health stated the department was unable to prove a link between increased consultant presence, availability of diagnostic tests, and reducing weekend mortality and length of stay. It highlighted the seven-day NHS could cost an additional £900 million each year, required the recruitment of 11,000 more staff including 4,000 doctors and 3,000 nurses, and community and social services could struggle to handle more discharges at the weekend.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/15/weekend-effect-on-hospital-deaths-not-proven-say-hunts-own-officials |title=Seven-day NHS may not cut death rates, say Hunt's own officials |work=The Guardian |date=15 February 2016 |last1=Elgot |first1=Jessica |last2=Campbell |first2=Denis |access-date=11 December 2016 |archive-date=18 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118220215/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/15/weekend-effect-on-hospital-deaths-not-proven-say-hunts-own-officials |url-status=live}}

In May 2016, another study also concluded there was no evidence people were more likely to die in hospitals at the weekend.{{cite news |last=Boseley |first=Sarah |date=6 May 2016 |title=Fewer people die in hospital at weekends, study finds |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/06/fewer-die-in-hospital-weekends-study-jeremy-hunt-doctors-contract |website=The Guardian |access-date=10 May 2016 |archive-date=9 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509065452/http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/06/fewer-die-in-hospital-weekends-study-jeremy-hunt-doctors-contract |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Johnston |first=Ian |date=6 May 2016 |title=Junior doctors: Jeremy Hunt's claim patients more likely to die at weekends undermined by study |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/seven-day-nhs-jeremy-hunt-staffing-hospitals-weekends-junior-doctors-strike-a7016286.html |website=The Independent |access-date=10 May 2016 |archive-date=9 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509005346/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/seven-day-nhs-jeremy-hunt-staffing-hospitals-weekends-junior-doctors-strike-a7016286.html |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Wright |first=Oliver |date=9 May 2016 |title=Junior doctors row: Jeremy Hunt's claims of NHS weekend effect 'based on flawed data', Oxford University study finds |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/junior-doctors-row-jeremy-hunts-claims-of-nhs-weekend-effect-based-on-flawed-data-a7019806.html |website=The Independent |access-date=10 May 2016 |archive-date=10 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510104740/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/junior-doctors-row-jeremy-hunts-claims-of-nhs-weekend-effect-based-on-flawed-data-a7019806.html |url-status=live}} In August, internal Department of Health risk management documents were leaked. They described 13 major risks in delivering the "truly seven-day NHS" pledge promised by the Conservatives prior to the 2015 United Kingdom general election. These included a lack of staff and funding for the policy. The documents also stated no advance impact assessments had been made to show how the policy would affect the delivery of NHS services.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/22/nhs-may-have-too-few-staff-and-too-little-money-to-deliver-truly/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/22/nhs-may-have-too-few-staff-and-too-little-money-to-deliver-truly/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=NHS may have too few staff and too little money to deliver 'truly seven-day' service, documents reveal |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=22 August 2016 |last=Donnelly |first=Laura}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/aug/22/secret-documents-reveal-official-concerns-over-seven-day-nhs-plans |title=Secret documents reveal official concerns over 'seven-day NHS' plans |work=The Guardian |date=22 August 2016 |last=Campbell |first=Denis |access-date=6 September 2016 |archive-date=28 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028142457/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/aug/22/secret-documents-reveal-official-concerns-over-seven-day-nhs-plans |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://www.channel4.com/news/leaked-nhs-documents-reveal-serious-7-day-concerns |title=Leaked documents reveal serious '7-day NHS' concerns |work=Channel 4 News |date=22 August 2016 |access-date=6 September 2016 |archive-date=16 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916114943/http://www.channel4.com/news/leaked-nhs-documents-reveal-serious-7-day-concerns |url-status=live}} Chief executive of NHS Providers Chris Hopson described the seven-day NHS plan as "impossible to deliver" due to a lack of funding and staffing. He also highlighted pressures on the NHS, with 80% of acute hospitals in England in financial deficit compared to 5% in 2013 and an increase of missed A&E waiting time targets from 10% to 90% in the same time period.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37331350 |title=Seven-day NHS 'impossible under current funding levels'|publisher=BBC News|date=11 September 2016|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=26 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326234506/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37331350|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcTvmIWk6Vo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/wcTvmIWk6Vo |archive-date=17 November 2021 |url-status=live |title=7-day NHS 'impossible to achieve' CEO Chris Hopson |publisher=BBC News |date=11 September 2016}}{{cbignore}} In May 2016, a report by the House of Commons public accounts committee criticised Hunt's plan for a seven-day NHS, saying "no coherent attempt" had made to understand staffing needs, the plan was "completely uncosted", and contained "serious flaws".{{cite web|title='Serious flaws' in workforce plan for seven-day NHS, MPs say | GPonline|url=https://www.gponline.com/serious-flaws-workforce-plan-seven-day-nhs-mps-say/article/1394439|website=www.gponline.com|access-date=5 June 2019|archive-date=26 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626183003/https://www.gponline.com/serious-flaws-workforce-plan-seven-day-nhs-mps-say/article/1394439|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Syal|first1=Rajeev|last2=Gangan|first2=Diana|date=10 May 2016|title=Seven-day NHS plans fail to address staffing needs, say MPs|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/11/seven-day-nhs-plans-jeremy-hunt-bma|access-date=5 June 2019|archive-date=7 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190907024557/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/11/seven-day-nhs-plans-jeremy-hunt-bma|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=11 May 2016|title=Seven-day NHS plan has 'serious flaws' and is 'completely uncosted'|work=The Independent|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/seven-day-nhs-plan-contains-serious-flaws-and-is-completely-uncosted-a7023526.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510235711/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/seven-day-nhs-plan-contains-serious-flaws-and-is-completely-uncosted-a7023526.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 May 2016|access-date=5 June 2019}}{{cite web|title='No coherent attempt' to understand staffing needs for seven-day NHS|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2016-05-11/no-coherent-attempt-to-understand-staffing-needs-for-seven-day-nhs/|website=ITV News|date=11 May 2016|access-date=5 June 2019|archive-date=5 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605115307/https://www.itv.com/news/2016-05-11/no-coherent-attempt-to-understand-staffing-needs-for-seven-day-nhs/|url-status=live}}

{{Main|2015 junior doctors contract dispute in England}}

Under Hunt, the Department of Health announced a new junior doctors' contract in England which would increase doctors' basic pay but extend "normal hours" for which they would not be paid a premium.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/sep/18/junior-doctors-new-contract-cut-pay-40-per-cent|title=Junior doctors condemn new contract they say could cut pay by 40%|work=The Guardian|last=Campbell|first=Denis|date=18 September 2015|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510220719/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/sep/18/junior-doctors-new-contract-cut-pay-40-per-cent|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/nhs/11887308/How-much-are-junior-doctors-paid-and-why-are-they-threatening-to-strike.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/nhs/11887308/How-much-are-junior-doctors-paid-and-why-are-they-threatening-to-strike.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=How much are junior doctors paid, and why are they threatening to strike? |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=11 January 2016 |last1=Bennett |first1=Asa |last2=Donnelly |first2=Laura}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/oct/08/jeremy-hunt-letter-bma-junior-doctors-contract-concessions|title=Jeremy Hunt letter to junior doctors in full|work=The Guardian|date=8 October 2015|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=26 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226164554/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/oct/08/jeremy-hunt-letter-bma-junior-doctors-contract-concessions|url-status=live}} In September 2015, the British Medical Association (BMA) said they would not re-enter negotiations unless Hunt dropped his threat to impose the contract and balloted their members for industrial action.{{cite news |title=Junior doctors to be balloted for strike action, says British Medical Association |date=26 September 2015 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/sep/26/junior-doctors-to-be-balloted-for-strike-action-bma |work=The Guardian |agency=Press Association |access-date=10 October 2015 |archive-date=11 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011114625/http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/sep/26/junior-doctors-to-be-balloted-for-strike-action-bma |url-status=live}} They argued the contract would include an increase in working hours with a relative pay cut of up to 40%.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2015/sep/21/should-junior-doctors-strike-governments-proposed-contract-nhs-poll|title=A new deal would cut pay by 40% and increase the number of antisocial hours. What do you think?|last=Johnson|first=Sarah|work=The Guardian|date=21 September 2015|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=1 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101004530/https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2015/sep/21/should-junior-doctors-strike-governments-proposed-contract-nhs-poll|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/nhs/11882906/Why-the-new-NHS-junior-doctors-contract-is-pushing-me-to-Malta.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/nhs/11882906/Why-the-new-NHS-junior-doctors-contract-is-pushing-me-to-Malta.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Why the new NHS junior doctors' contract is pushing me to Malta |date=23 September 2015 |last=Ward |first=Sarah |work=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=http://bma.org.uk/news-views-analysis/news/2015/october/step-in-right-direction-on-juniors-contract|title='Step in right direction' on juniors contract|publisher=British Medical Association|date=29 October 2015|access-date=31 October 2015|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305043329/http://www.bma.org.uk/news-views-analysis/news/2015/october/step-in-right-direction-on-juniors-contract|url-status=live}} Hunt tried reassuring the BMA by saying that no junior doctor would face a pay cut, before admitting those who worked longer than 56 hours a week would face a fall in pay but said working these long hours was unsafe.{{cite news|last=Mason|first=Rowena|date=30 October 2015|title=Jeremy Hunt angers junior doctors by saying some are paid 'danger money'|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/30/jeremy-hunt-angers-junior-doctors-by-saying-some-are-paid-danger-money|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=5 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205184254/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/30/jeremy-hunt-angers-junior-doctors-by-saying-some-are-paid-danger-money|url-status=live}}{{cite news|work=The Independent|last=Stone|first=Jon|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/junior-doctors-who-work-the-longest-hours-will-actually-have-their-pay-cut-jeremy-hunt-admits-a6713136.html|title=Jeremy Hunt admits junior doctors who work the longest hours will actually have their pay cut|access-date=1 September 2017|archive-date=11 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511030250/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/junior-doctors-who-work-the-longest-hours-will-actually-have-their-pay-cut-jeremy-hunt-admits-a6713136.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/your-practice/practice-topics/education/health-secretary-rolls-back-on-claim-that-no-junior-doctors-will-lose-out/20030331.article|publisher=Pulse Today|title=Health secretary rolls back on claim that no junior doctors will lose out|date=29 October 2015|last=Lind|first=Sofia|access-date=3 November 2015|archive-date=22 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122092215/http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/your-practice/practice-topics/education/health-secretary-rolls-back-on-claim-that-no-junior-doctors-will-lose-out/20030331.article|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/30/jeremy-hunt-thinks-im-a-dangerous-doctor|title=Jeremy Hunt thinks I'm a dangerous doctor|work=The Guardian|date=30 October 2015|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=18 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418081353/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/30/jeremy-hunt-thinks-im-a-dangerous-doctor|url-status=live}} In November 2015, he said he would offer a basic pay increase of 11%, but still remove compensation for longer hours.{{cite news|last=Campbell|first=Denis|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/03/jeremy-hunt-offer-junior-doctors-pay-rise|title=Jeremy Hunt offers junior doctors 11% pay rise in bid to end dispute|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=18 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418081503/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/03/jeremy-hunt-offer-junior-doctors-pay-rise|url-status=live}}{{cite news |publisher=Sky News |url=http://news.sky.com/story/1581227/payrise-offer-a-pr-stunt-say-junior-doctors |last=Moore |first=Thomas |title=Payrise Offer A PR Stunt, Say Junior Doctors |access-date=4 November 2015 |archive-date=4 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104214900/http://news.sky.com/story/1581227/payrise-offer-a-pr-stunt-say-junior-doctors |url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/junior-doctors-claim-jeremy-hunts-11-pay-rise-will-be-a-pay-cut-of-26-a6720476.html|title=Junior doctors claim Jeremy Hunt's 11% pay rise will be a 'pay cut' of 26%|work=The Independent|date=4 November 2015|last=Buchanan|first=Rose Troup|access-date=1 September 2017|archive-date=18 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418235803/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/junior-doctors-claim-jeremy-hunts-11-pay-rise-will-be-a-pay-cut-of-26-a6720476.html|url-status=live}}

On 19 November 2015, the result of a BMA strike ballot was announced, with 98% voting for full strike action.{{cite web|url=http://web2.bma.org.uk/pressrel.nsf/wall/FA279822D63BE5F180257F0200353A1B?imgdoctors=&OpenDocument|title=Junior doctors vote overwhelmingly for industrial action as BMA approaches Acas for conciliatory talks with the health secretary|publisher=British Medical Association|date=19 November 2015|access-date=19 November 2015|archive-date=19 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119183908/http://web2.bma.org.uk/pressrel.nsf/wall/FA279822D63BE5F180257F0200353A1B?imgdoctors=&OpenDocument|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Stone|first=Jon|date=19 November 2015|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nhs-junior-doctors-have-overwhelmingly-voted-to-strike-next-month-a6740201.html|title=Junior doctors overwhelmingly vote for NHS strike next month with 98 per cent in favour|access-date=1 September 2017|archive-date=18 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318101224/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nhs-junior-doctors-have-overwhelmingly-voted-to-strike-next-month-a6740201.html|url-status=live}} An agreement was not reached by the junior doctors committee's deadline, so the BMA announced a strike would go ahead.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jan/04/junior-doctors-to-strike-next-tuesday-after-talks-with-government-break-down|last=Campbell|first=Denis|title=Junior doctors in England to strike next week after talks break down|work=The Guardian|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=21 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221142251/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jan/04/junior-doctors-to-strike-next-tuesday-after-talks-with-government-break-down|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/junior-doctors-announce-they-will-strike-next-week-a6796396.html|title=Junior doctors announce they will strike next week|work=The Independent|date=4 January 2016|last1=Stone|first1=Jon|last2=Cooper|first2=Charlie|access-date=1 September 2017|archive-date=4 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204210906/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/junior-doctors-announce-they-will-strike-next-week-a6796396.html|url-status=live}}

The first day of strike action was in January 2016 and involved junior doctors only providing emergency care.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jan/12/who-has-come-out-on-top-after-the-first-junior-doctors-strike-in-40-years|title=Who has come out on top after the first junior doctors' strike in 40 years?|work=The Guardian|date=12 January 2016|last=Campbell|first=Denis|access-date=4 March 2018|archive-date=4 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304231634/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jan/12/who-has-come-out-on-top-after-the-first-junior-doctors-strike-in-40-years|url-status=live}} A second day of strike action occurred in February 2016 where doctors again provided only emergency care.{{cite news|last=Stone|first=Jon|date=9 February 2016|title=Junior doctors strike cancels over 2,800 operations, Government says|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/junior-doctors-strike-cancels-2800-operations-jeremy-hunt-ben-gummer-bma-a6863426.html|access-date=1 September 2017|archive-date=21 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821002103/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/junior-doctors-strike-cancels-2800-operations-jeremy-hunt-ben-gummer-bma-a6863426.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Triggle|first=Nick|date=10 February 2016|title=Operations hit as doctors strike again|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35535704|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=3 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603101442/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35535704|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Weaver|first=Matthew|date=10 February 2016|title=Junior doctors strike: Hunt claims 43% of doctors working – as it happened|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/live/2016/feb/10/junior-doctors-strike-second-24-hour-walkout-over-new-contracts-live-updates|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=17 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317212128/https://www.theguardian.com/society/live/2016/feb/10/junior-doctors-strike-second-24-hour-walkout-over-new-contracts-live-updates|url-status=live}} Following these strikes, Hunt announced he would unilaterally impose the new contract without agreement or further negotiation, with NHS trusts instructed to introduce it in August.{{cite news|date=1 February 2016|title=Another NHS doctors strike is now definitely happening next week|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/junior-doctors-strike-nhs-february-10-contract-bma-jeremy-hunt-a6846546.html|access-date=4 January 2018|archive-date=5 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105180316/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/junior-doctors-strike-nhs-february-10-contract-bma-jeremy-hunt-a6846546.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Campbell|first=Denis|date=11 February 2016|title=Jeremy Hunt to impose contract on junior doctors|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/11/jeremy-hunt-to-impose-contract-on-junior-doctors|access-date=4 January 2018|archive-date=30 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930033752/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/11/jeremy-hunt-to-impose-contract-on-junior-doctors|url-status=live}} In response, the BMA announced three 48-hour long strikes and issued a legal challenge over the contract.{{cite news|last=Stone|first=Jon|date=24 February 2016|title=Junior doctors strikes: BMA announces three 48-hour walkouts over contract|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/junior-doctors-strikes-jeremy-hunt-bma-three-48-hour-industrial-action-new-contracts-a6891466.html|access-date=7 March 2016|archive-date=9 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309225651/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/junior-doctors-strikes-jeremy-hunt-bma-three-48-hour-industrial-action-new-contracts-a6891466.html|url-status=live}}

Further talks after the strikes resulted in an agreement to be put to a referendum.{{cite news|date=18 May 2016|title=Junior doctors' contract deal agreed |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36325045|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=6 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406005821/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36325045|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=18 May 2016|title=Junior doctors' contract dispute resolved after Government and BMA reach deal|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/junior-doctors-contract-deal-nhs-bma-jeremy-hunt-a7036376.html |access-date=1 September 2017|archive-date=24 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724071926/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/junior-doctors-contract-deal-nhs-bma-jeremy-hunt-a7036376.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=18 May 2016|title=Junior doctors split over deal with Jeremy Hunt to end contract dispute|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/18/junior-doctors-bma-jeremy-hunt-agree-deal-end-contract-dispute|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=22 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822134753/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/18/junior-doctors-bma-jeremy-hunt-agree-deal-end-contract-dispute|url-status=live}} In the July referendum, 58% of BMA members rejected the offer.{{cite news |last=Campbell |first=Denis |date=5 July 2016 |title=Junior doctors' contract: a cessation of hostilities would help everyone |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/05/junior-doctors-nhs-contract-jeremy-hunt-bma |access-date=6 September 2016 |archive-date=30 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830030807/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/05/junior-doctors-nhs-contract-jeremy-hunt-bma |url-status=live}} Following this, Hunt rejected holding any further talks with the BMA and announced the imposition of the new contract on junior doctors starting from October.{{cite news |last=Bodkin |first=Henry |date=6 July 2015 |title=Junior doctors' new contract will be imposed from October, says Jeremy Hunt |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/06/junior-doctors-new-contract-will-be-imposed-from-october---jerem/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/06/junior-doctors-new-contract-will-be-imposed-from-october---jerem/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}

In February 2016, Hunt was polled as the "most disliked" frontline British politician.{{cite news|last=Stone|first=Jon|date=16 February 2016|title=Jeremy Hunt is the most disliked British politician of any party, poll shows|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-is-the-most-disliked-frontline-british-politician-of-any-party-a-new-poll-shows-a6874846.html|access-date=16 February 2016|archive-date=15 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215185214/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-is-the-most-disliked-frontline-british-politician-of-any-party-a-new-poll-shows-a6874846.html|url-status=live}} He acknowledged there would be "considerable dismay" and announced an urgent inquiry led by Academy of Medical Royal Colleges chair Susan Bailey into junior doctors' morale and welfare.{{cite news|date=11 February 2016|title=Jeremy Hunt to impose contract on junior doctors|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/11/jeremy-hunt-to-impose-contract-on-junior-doctors|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=3 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203124148/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/11/jeremy-hunt-to-impose-contract-on-junior-doctors|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=11 February 2016|title=Jeremy Hunt launches urgent inquiry into junior doctors' morale|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-launches-urgent-inquiry-into-junior-doctors-morale-a6867801.html|access-date=1 September 2017|archive-date=1 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701071553/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-launches-urgent-inquiry-into-junior-doctors-morale-a6867801.html|url-status=live}} The Academy Trainee Doctors' Group voted unanimously not to participate in the review under the offered terms.{{cite news |last=Jamieson |first=Sophie |date=11 February 2016 |title=Jeremy Hunt mocked for 'irony' of announcing review of junior doctors' morale as new contract is forced through |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/nhs/12152861/Jeremy-Hunt-mocked-for-irony-of-announcing-review-of-junior-doctors-morale-as-new-contract-is-forced-through.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/nhs/12152861/Jeremy-Hunt-mocked-for-irony-of-announcing-review-of-junior-doctors-morale-as-new-contract-is-forced-through.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news|last=Elgot|first=Jessica|date=26 February 2016|title=Junior doctors will boycott review into poor morale|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/26/junior-doctors-will-boycott-review-into-poor-morale|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-date=6 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106105913/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/26/junior-doctors-will-boycott-review-into-poor-morale|url-status=live}} He said he had lessons to learn but denied any personal responsibility for the dispute.{{cite news |title=Jeremy Hunt denies he is partly responsible for the junior doctors' strike |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-junior-doctors-strike-contract-nhs-a7037291.html |last=Cooper |first=Charlie |date=19 May 2016 |access-date=13 July 2022 |archive-date=16 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816065900/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-junior-doctors-strike-contract-nhs-a7037291.html |url-status=live}}

Also, in 2016, both Stephen Hawking and Robert Winston called for an inquiry into claims made by Hunt regarding whether the NHS had sufficient funding, with Hawking saying Hunt had "cherry-picked research, causing a devastating breakdown of trust between Government and the medical profession".{{cite news |date=20 March 2017 |title=Stephen Hawking: Jeremy Hunt pays tribute to his 'hero' |work=i |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/health/stephen-hawking-tribute-jeremy-hunt-hero-134900 |access-date=3 September 2020 |archive-date=31 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531062550/https://inews.co.uk/news/health/stephen-hawking-tribute-jeremy-hunt-hero-134900 |url-status=live}}

File:Jeremy Hunt with Abdulla bin Zayed Al Nahyan in London - 2018 (29653209427).jpg Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in September 2018]] File:Secretary Pompeo Meets With United Kingdom Foreign Minister Hunt (47051154594).jpg in Brussels, May 2019]]Hunt was appointed Foreign Secretary in July 2018 following the resignation of Boris Johnson.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/09/jeremy-hunt-appointed-to-replace-boris-johnson|title=Jeremy Hunt replaces Boris Johnson as foreign secretary|work=The Guardian|date=9 July 2018|last1=Sabbagh|first1=Dan|access-date=11 July 2018|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109031508/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/09/jeremy-hunt-appointed-to-replace-boris-johnson|url-status=live}} Hunt said "My principal job at a time of massive importance for our country is to stand four square behind the Prime Minister so that we can get through an agreement with the European Union based on what was agreed by the Cabinet last week at Chequers."{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/jeremy-hunt-appointed-new-foreign-secretary-after-boris-johnson-resignation-a3883151.html |title=Jeremy Hunt appointed new foreign secretary after Boris Johnson resigns |work=Evening Standard |last=Grafton-Green |first=Patrick |date=9 July 2018 |access-date=10 July 2022 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109003744/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/jeremy-hunt-appointed-new-foreign-secretary-after-boris-johnson-resignation-a3883151.html |url-status=live}} After being appointed Foreign Secretary, Hunt expressed fears over the UK potentially leaving the EU without a deal. He said that it would be "incredibly challenging economically" and that "It would lead to a fissure in relations which would be highly damaging for that great partnership that we have had for so many years, which has been so important in sustaining the international order."[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-no-deal-accident-scenario-eu-waits-uk-blink-jeremy-hunt-a8459881.html No-deal Brexit could happen 'by accident', Jeremy Hunt says] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109014334/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-no-deal-accident-scenario-eu-waits-uk-blink-jeremy-hunt-a8459881.html |date=9 November 2020}} The Independent

Hunt supported the Saudi Arabian-led military intervention in Yemen and described Saudi Arabia as a "very, very important military ally". In August 2018, he defended Britain's alliance with Saudi Arabia after a bomb dropped on a school bus in Yemen killed 51 people, including 40 children, although he said he was "deeply shocked" at the deaths.{{cite news |title=Foreign Secretary defends UK-Saudi ties after Yemen bus deaths |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-45265871/foreign-secretary-defends-uk-saudi-ties-after-yemen-bus-deaths |publisher=BBC News |date=22 August 2018 |access-date=27 August 2018 |archive-date=19 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519134424/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-45265871/foreign-secretary-defends-uk-saudi-ties-after-yemen-bus-deaths |url-status=live}} Amid global outrage over the murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Hunt rejected calls to end the UK's arms sales to Saudi Arabia, saying: "There are jobs in the UK ... at stake so when it comes to the issue of arms sales we have our procedures."{{cite news|date=1 November 2018|title=Trudeau's dilemma: how to be tough on Saudi Arabia and save jobs|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-khashoggi-canada-arms/trudeaus-dilemma-how-to-be-tough-on-saudi-arabia-and-save-jobs-idUSKCN1N65FV|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108150645/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-khashoggi-canada-arms/trudeaus-dilemma-how-to-be-tough-on-saudi-arabia-and-save-jobs-idUSKCN1N65FV|url-status=live}} In February 2019, he urged Germany to lift ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia and warned that Germans are risking "a loss of confidence in Germany's credibility as a partner",{{cite news |date=29 March 2019 |title=Germany lifts export ban blocking British arms sales to Saudi Arabia |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/29/germany-lifts-export-ban-blocking-british-arms-sales-saudi-arabia/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/29/germany-lifts-export-ban-blocking-british-arms-sales-saudi-arabia/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=3 May 2019}}{{cbignore}} although he admitted: "Over 80,000 children [in Yemen] have died of starvation, there are about a quarter of a million people starving at the moment, and around 20 million people don't have food security – they don't know whether they're going to be able to get the food they need in the days ahead."{{cite news |date=20 February 2019 |title=Jeremy Hunt asks Germany to lift ban on weapons sales to Saudi Arabia because of impact on arms dealers |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/jeremy-hunt-saudi-arabia-arms-sales-germany-yemen-war-crimes-nato-a8787866.html |last=Stone |first=Jon |access-date=3 May 2019 |archive-date=23 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123015313/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/jeremy-hunt-saudi-arabia-arms-sales-germany-yemen-war-crimes-nato-a8787866.html |url-status=live}} Andrew Smith, of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), said Hunt "played an utterly central and complicit role in arming and supporting the Saudi-led destruction of Yemen".{{cite news |date=5 July 2019 |title=Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson accused of 'central role' in arming Saudi Arabia as UK's relationship with Riyadh reaches crossroads |work=i |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/long-reads/jeremy-hunt-and-boris-johnson-accused-of-central-role-in-arming-saudi-arabia-as-uks-relationship-with-riyadh-reaches-crossroads/ |last=Milmo |first=Cahal |access-date=15 July 2019 |archive-date=15 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715140045/https://inews.co.uk/news/long-reads/jeremy-hunt-and-boris-johnson-accused-of-central-role-in-arming-saudi-arabia-as-uks-relationship-with-riyadh-reaches-crossroads/ |url-status=live}}

In July 2018, Hunt visited China and met China's foreign minister Wang Yi. Hunt said that the "UK-China Strategic Dialogue is an important opportunity to intensify our cooperation on shared challenges in international affairs, ranging from global free trade to non-proliferation and environmental challenges, under the UK-China Global Partnership and 'Golden Era' for UK-China relations".{{cite news |title=UK's new foreign minister in China for first overseas visit |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-china-hunt/uks-new-foreign-minister-in-china-for-first-overseas-visit-idUSKBN1KJ0PI |work=Reuters |date=30 July 2018 |access-date=14 April 2019 |archive-date=25 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225222257/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-china-hunt/uks-new-foreign-minister-in-china-for-first-overseas-visit-idUSKBN1KJ0PI |url-status=live}} In October 2018, he criticised the Xinjiang internment camps and human rights abuses against the Uyghurs in China, saying: "British diplomats who visited Xinjiang have confirmed that reports of mass internment camps for Uighur Muslims were 'broadly true'."{{cite news|date=22 December 2018|title=Muslim cleansing: A global pandemic?|work=Al-Jazeera|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/muslim-cleansing-global-pandemic-181220084045168.html|access-date=22 December 2018|archive-date=11 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911093125/https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/muslim-cleansing-global-pandemic-181220084045168.html|url-status=live}}

As Foreign Secretary, Hunt was critical of Russia and Iran. On 23 August 2018, Hunt met United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss the 'threat' from both countries.{{cite news |title=US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and British counterpart Jeremy Hunt meet to discuss 'threat' from Russia, Iran |url=https://www.firstpost.com/world/us-secretary-of-state-mike-pompeo-and-british-counterpart-jeremy-hunt-meet-to-discuss-threat-from-russia-iran-5025801.html |work=Firstpost |date=23 August 2018 |access-date=27 August 2018 |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804112052/https://www.firstpost.com/world/us-secretary-of-state-mike-pompeo-and-british-counterpart-jeremy-hunt-meet-to-discuss-threat-from-russia-iran-5025801.html |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=UK foreign secretary backs Saudi ties before US talks |url=https://www.thenational.ae/world/europe/uk-foreign-secretary-backs-saudi-ties-before-us-talks-1.762808 |work=The National |date=22 August 2018 |access-date=27 August 2018 |archive-date=27 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827142626/https://www.thenational.ae/world/europe/uk-foreign-secretary-backs-saudi-ties-before-us-talks-1.762808 |url-status=live}} In April 2019, Hunt condemned the United States for recognising Israel's 1981 annexation of the Golan Heights, saying: "We should never recognise the annexation of territory by force. (...) We want Israel to be a success and we consider them to be a great friend but on this we do not agree."{{cite web|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/jeremy-hunt-condemns-american-recognition-of-golan-heights-donald-trump-1.482507|title=Jeremy Hunt condemns American recognition of Golan Heights: 'We should never recognise annexation of territory by force'|website=The Jewish Chronicle|date=3 April 2019 |access-date=20 June 2019|archive-date=7 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107235528/https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/jeremy-hunt-condemns-american-recognition-of-golan-heights-donald-trump-1.482507|url-status=live}} In June 2019, he stated he shared the US Government's assessment that Iran was to blame for two attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.{{cite news|date=14 June 2019|title=Saudis, UK agree that Iran behind attacks, Iran denies involvement|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|url=https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Saudis-UK-agree-with-US-assessment-that-Iran-behind-attacks-592506|access-date=22 June 2019|archive-date=14 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614014159/https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Saudis-UK-agree-with-US-assessment-that-Iran-behind-attacks-592506|url-status=live}}

Hunt supported the continued efforts of the UK Government to leave the European Union. During the September 2018 Conservative conference, Hunt likened the European Union to the former USSR, saying: "It was the Soviet Union that stopped people leaving. The lesson from history is clear: If you turn the EU club into a prison, the desire to get out won't diminish." This comment was strongly criticised.{{cite news |last=Stone |first=Jon |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-eu-membership-ussr-latvia-brexit-foreign-secretary-a8562726.html |title=Jeremy Hunt rebuked by Latvian ambassador for likening EU membership to Soviet occupation |work=The Independent |date=1 October 2018 |access-date=17 January 2019 |archive-date=22 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222133949/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-eu-membership-ussr-latvia-brexit-foreign-secretary-a8562726.html |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Cecil |first1=Nicholas |title=EU Leaders Hit Back at Hunt's Soviet Union Comparison |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-jeremy-hunt-born-1966/164440989/ |work=Evening Standard |date=1 October 2018 |location=London, UK |page=A6 |access-date=1 February 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} While on a February 2019 Brexit-related visit to Ljubljana, he caused anger by congratulating his hosts on "making really remarkable transformation from a Soviet vassal state to a modern European democracy." In fact Slovenia, as part of Yugoslavia, had previously been non-aligned.{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Non-Aligned-Movement|title=Non-Aligned Movement {{!}} international organization|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=9 June 2019|archive-date=27 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227123949/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Non-Aligned-Movement|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/23/soviet-vassal-state-jeremy-hunt-makes-gaffe-in-slovenia?CMP=fb_gu|title='Soviet vassal state': Jeremy Hunt makes gaffe in Slovenia|first=Mattha |last=Busby|work=Guardian newspapers|date=23 February 2019|access-date=24 February 2019|archive-date=18 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618140832/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/23/soviet-vassal-state-jeremy-hunt-makes-gaffe-in-slovenia?CMP=fb_gu|url-status=live}}

In November 2018, Hunt threatened the United Arab Emirates with "serious diplomatic consequences" after it sentenced British research student Matthew Hedges to life in prison for allegedly spying for the UK. Hunt said that the verdict "is not what we expect from a friend and trusted partner of the United Kingdom and runs contrary to earlier assurances".{{cite news |title=British academic Matthew Hedges sentenced to life in prison by UAE court for 'spying for UK government' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/21/british-academic-matthew-hedges-sentenced-life-prison-uae-court/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/21/british-academic-matthew-hedges-sentenced-life-prison-uae-court/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=22 November 2018}}{{cbignore}} Hedges was released at the end of November, after intense negotiations.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/26/matthew-hedges-jailed-british-academic-pardoned-by-uae|title=Matthew Hedges: pardoned British academic arrives back in UK|last1=Wintour|first1=Patrick|date=27 November 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=22 January 2019|last2=Batty|first2=David|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=20 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120235241/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/26/matthew-hedges-jailed-british-academic-pardoned-by-uae|url-status=live}}

Following the April 2019 arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London's Ecuadorian Embassy, Hunt thanked the Ecuadorean President Lenín Moreno for his cooperation.{{cite news |title=Wikileaks' Julian Assange removed from Ecuador embassy, found guilty of breaching bail |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5155151/wikileaks-julian-assange-arrested-ecuador-embassy-london/ |work=Global News |date=11 April 2019 |access-date=25 May 2019 |archive-date=18 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118070707/https://globalnews.ca/news/5155151/wikileaks-julian-assange-arrested-ecuador-embassy-london/ |url-status=live}}

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Hunt announced his campaign to become the leader of the Conservative Party on 24 May 2019, following the resignation of Prime Minister Theresa May.{{cite web|date=24 May 2019|title=UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt to stand for Conservative leadership|url=https://in.reuters.com/article/britain-eu-hunt/uk-foreign-secretary-jeremy-hunt-to-stand-for-conservative-leadership-local-paper-idINKCN1SU1GB|website=Reuters|access-date=30 May 2019|archive-date=4 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004053039/https://in.reuters.com/article/britain-eu-hunt/uk-foreign-secretary-jeremy-hunt-to-stand-for-conservative-leadership-local-paper-idINKCN1SU1GB|url-status=dead}} On 20 June 2019, he was named one of the final two candidates.{{cite news|date=20 June 2019|title=Johnson and Hunt left in Tory leader race|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48711077|access-date=20 June 2019|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225170448/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48711077|url-status=live}} Hunt was defeated by Boris Johnson, having secured only one third of the vote. His campaign was given £10,000 by a close associate to Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.{{cite news |date=5 July 2019 |title=Jeremy Hunt's bid for prime minister is being funded by a close ally of Saudi prince Mohammed Bin Salman |work=Business Insider |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/jeremy-hunt-campaign-funded-by-saudi-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-ally-2019-7 |last1=Payne |first1=Adam |last2=Bienkov |first2=Adam |access-date=15 July 2019 |archive-date=14 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814014920/https://www.businessinsider.com/jeremy-hunt-campaign-funded-by-saudi-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-ally-2019-7 |url-status=live}}

Following Boris Johnson's election as party leader, Hunt was offered the role of Secretary of State for Defence in Johnson's Cabinet but decided to turn it down.{{cite news |date=24 July 2019 |title=Jeremy Hunt turns down job in Boris Johnson's cabinet |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-turn-down-job-boris-cabinet-foreign-secretary-a9019476.html |access-date=18 December 2020 |work=The Independent |last=Woodcock |first=Andrew |archive-date=21 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221113018/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-turn-down-job-boris-cabinet-foreign-secretary-a9019476.html |url-status=live}}

Returning to the backbenches, Hunt founded Patient Safety Watch in October 2019, with the charity seeking to establish data to report on patient safety and harm in care, continuing the work on safety he started as Health Secretary. He chairs the organisation and said he planned to invest considerable sums of money into it.{{cite news |title=Jeremy Hunt launches charity to monitor patient safety |url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/policy-and-regulation/jeremy-hunt-launches-charity-to-monitor-patient-safety/7026089.article |access-date=20 November 2019 |work=Health Service Journal |date=9 October 2019 |archive-date=10 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110041221/https://www.hsj.co.uk/policy-and-regulation/jeremy-hunt-launches-charity-to-monitor-patient-safety/7026089.article |url-status=live}} However, according to The Guardian, two thirds of its income is spent on the salary of Hunt's former political advisor who was sacked over a previous lobbying scandal.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/26/charity-founded-by-jeremy-hunt-patient-safety-watch-chief-executive-adam-smith|first=Rowena|last=Mason|work=Guardian newspapers|date=26 October 2022|title=Charity founded by Jeremy Hunt paid 66% of income to chief executive|access-date=26 October 2022|archive-date=26 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026153723/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/26/charity-founded-by-jeremy-hunt-patient-safety-watch-chief-executive-adam-smith|url-status=live}}

At the 2019 general election, Hunt was again re-elected with a decreased vote share of 53.3% and a decreased majority of 8,817.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000953 |title=Surrey South West parliamentary constituency |publisher=BBC News |access-date=19 December 2019 |archive-date=14 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714165814/https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000953 |url-status=live}}

He was elected as the new chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee in January 2020, succeeding Sarah Wollaston.{{cite web|url=http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/jeremy-hunt-appointed-chair-of-the-health-and-social-care-committee/20040055.article|title=Jeremy Hunt appointed chair of the health and social care committee|last=Legraien|first=Lea|website=Pulse Today|access-date=9 February 2020|archive-date=4 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204103659/http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/jeremy-hunt-appointed-chair-of-the-health-and-social-care-committee/20040055.article|url-status=live}} In February 2020, Hunt called for an inquiry into the National Health Service after the publishing of many reports regarding infant mortality in NHS hospitals.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-51412361|title=Hunt calls for public inquiry after baby deaths|date=7 February 2020|publisher=BBC News|access-date=9 February 2020|archive-date=8 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208170633/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-51412361|url-status=live}}

In March 2020, Hunt expressed disapproval of the Government's response to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic, criticising the Government for still allowing "external visits to care homes" and "not preventing mass gatherings".{{cite web|date=13 March 2020|title=Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt hits out at Johnson's 'surprising and concerning' response to coronavirus|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-uk-boris-johnson-jeremy-hunt-pandemic-nhs-covid-19-a9399076.html|access-date=13 January 2021|website=The Independent|archive-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104173305/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-uk-boris-johnson-jeremy-hunt-pandemic-nhs-covid-19-a9399076.html|url-status=live}}

Hunt voted against Boris Johnson in the 2022 vote of confidence and urged other colleagues to do the same.{{cite news |title=Confidence vote: Jeremy Hunt urges Tories to oust PM as ministers rally |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-61703422 |url-status=live |publisher=BBC News |date=6 June 2022 |access-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613153001/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-61703422 |archive-date=13 June 2022}}

His book, Zero: Eliminating unnecessary deaths in a post-pandemic NHS, argues for "candour, a no-blame culture and a sincere determination to treat every mistake as an opportunity to learn how to do better next time". He writes that in the NHS there are 150 preventable deaths each week, and draws on the experience of the airline industry to advocate a shift from a blame culture to a learning culture.{{cite news |last=Clarke |first=Rachel |title=Zero by Jeremy Hunt review – this is going to hurt |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/may/22/zero-by-jeremy-hunt-review-this-is-going-to-hurt |access-date=16 June 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=22 May 2022 |archive-date=16 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616215506/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/may/22/zero-by-jeremy-hunt-review-this-is-going-to-hurt |url-status=live}}

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Following the resignation of Boris Johnson, Hunt announced he would be standing in the subsequent Conservative Party leadership election. He criticised Johnson for investing in infrastructure instead of "wealth creation", and proposed policies including a moratorium on business rates in deprived areas and a cut to corporation tax to 15% instead of a proposed rise to 25%.{{cite news |title=Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt join Conservative Party leadership race |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62110114 |access-date=10 July 2022 |publisher=BBC News |date=9 July 2022 |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709205030/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62110114 |url-status=live}} He also said he would retain the rise in National Insurance rates and would not cut personal taxation until he "[got] the economy growing".{{cite news |last=Riley-Smith |first=Ben |date=9 July 2022 |title=Jeremy Hunt: 'I can restore voters' trust ... I stayed out of the Boris bubble, after all' |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/09/jeremy-hunt-can-restore-voters-trust-stayed-boris-bubble/ |access-date=9 July 2022 |issn=0307-1235 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709204407/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/09/jeremy-hunt-can-restore-voters-trust-stayed-boris-bubble/ |url-status=live}} Hunt said Esther McVey would be deputy prime minister if he were to become prime minister.{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Peter |title=Jeremy Hunt to pick Esther McVey as deputy PM if he becomes Tory leader |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/10/jeremy-hunt-to-pick-esther-mcvey-as-deputy-pm-if-he-becomes-tory-leader |access-date=10 July 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=10 July 2022 |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710102928/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/10/jeremy-hunt-to-pick-esther-mcvey-as-deputy-pm-if-he-becomes-tory-leader |url-status=live}} He was eliminated in the first round of voting on 13 July, receiving 18 votes.{{cite web |date=13 July 2022 |title=Jeremy Hunt and Nadhim Zahawi knocked out of Tory leadership race |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/13/jeremy-hunt-and-nadhim-zahawi-knocked-out-of-tory-leadership-race |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713163657/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/13/jeremy-hunt-and-nadhim-zahawi-knocked-out-of-tory-leadership-race |archive-date=13 July 2022 |access-date=13 July 2022 |website=The Guardian}} He endorsed Rishi Sunak after being eliminated.{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=Jennifer |title=Conservative leadership race: Jeremy Hunt backs Rishi Sunak after being knocked out of contest |url=https://news.sky.com/story/conservative-leadership-race-jeremy-hunt-backs-rishi-sunak-after-being-knocked-out-of-contest-12651366 |access-date=14 July 2022 |publisher=Sky News |date=14 July 2022 |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714005220/https://news.sky.com/story/conservative-leadership-race-jeremy-hunt-backs-rishi-sunak-after-being-knocked-out-of-contest-12651366 |url-status=live}}

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Following the dismissal of Kwasi Kwarteng on 14 October 2022 due to the September 2022 mini-budget, Hunt was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer by Prime Minister Liz Truss.{{cite web |last=Nevett |first=Joshua |title=Kwasi Kwarteng: PM's vision was right, says sacked chancellor |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63257058 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=14 October 2022 |date=14 October 2022 |archive-date=14 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014102635/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63257058 |url-status=live}} He swiftly appointed four economic advisors to a panel to advise him: Karen Ward (a former top advisor to Philip Hammond), Rupert Harrison, Gertjan Vlieghe, and Sushil Wadhwani.{{cite web |date=17 October 2022 |title=Who are the economic experts appointed to Jeremy Hunt's new advisory panel? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/17/economic-experts-jeremy-hunt-advisory-panel-osborne-mini-budget |access-date=24 January 2023 |website=The Guardian |archive-date=9 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109224211/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/17/economic-experts-jeremy-hunt-advisory-panel-osborne-mini-budget |url-status=live}}

On 18 October, Tory MP Sir Roger Gale stated "Jeremy Hunt is de facto prime minister at the moment".{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221017-the-uk-is-there-a-prime-minister-in-the-house|title=The UK: Is there a prime minister in the house?|date=17 October 2022 |access-date=18 October 2022|archive-date=18 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018062951/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221017-the-uk-is-there-a-prime-minister-in-the-house|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/10/17/jeremy-hunt-now-de-facto-pm-says-senior-tory-mp/|title=Jeremy Hunt now 'de facto' prime minister, says senior Tory|work=The Telegraph|date=17 October 2022 |access-date=18 October 2022|archive-date=18 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018064948/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/10/17/jeremy-hunt-now-de-facto-pm-says-senior-tory-mp/|url-status=live |last1=Davies |first1=Gareth }} This was echoed by media, including The Guardian,{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/18/liz-truss-tory-mp-leader |title=Who will succeed Liz Truss? It doesn't matter: each Tory MP is as guilty as the last |newspaper=The Guardian |date=18 October 2022 |access-date=21 October 2022 |archive-date=21 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021181106/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/18/liz-truss-tory-mp-leader |url-status=live |last1=Jones |first1=Owen }}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/17/liz-truss-jeremy-hunt-penny-mordaunt |title=Up was down, night was day. And was the prime minister OK? |newspaper=The Guardian |date=17 October 2022 |access-date=21 October 2022 |archive-date=21 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021222138/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/17/liz-truss-jeremy-hunt-penny-mordaunt |url-status=live |last1=Crace |first1=John }} with the Financial Times writing that many MPs believe he is now the country's de facto leader.{{cite web |url=https://www.ft.com/content/3e1769b6-a071-4517-880d-058cc7a561ba |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211191230/https://www.ft.com/content/3e1769b6-a071-4517-880d-058cc7a561ba |archive-date=11 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |title=Liz Truss to face Commons in renewed leadership test |access-date=21 October 2022 |url-status=live}} The Economist called him "chancellor in name but prime minister in practice" and "the most powerful person in Britain".{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/10/18/how-jeremy-hunt-became-the-most-powerful-person-in-britain|title=How Jeremy Hunt became the most powerful person in Britain|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=21 October 2022|archive-date=21 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021231536/https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/10/18/how-jeremy-hunt-became-the-most-powerful-person-in-britain|url-status=live}} The New Statesman went on to name him as the third most powerful right-wing figure of 2023, behind only Nigel Farage and Rishi Sunak.{{cite web |last=Statesman |first=New |date=27 September 2023 |title=The New Statesman's right power list |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2023/09/the-new-statesmans-right-power-list |access-date=14 December 2023 |website=New Statesman |language=en-US |archive-date=14 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214100018/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2023/09/the-new-statesmans-right-power-list |url-status=live}}

Following Truss's resignation, Hunt declined to stand in the party leadership election to replace her.{{cite news |last1=M |first1=Muvija |last2=Suleiman |first2=Farouq |title=Finance minister Hunt will not stand in UK leadership contest – local media |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/finance-minister-hunt-will-not-stand-uk-leadership-contest-local-media-2022-10-20/ |url-status=live |publisher=Reuters |date=20 October 2022 |access-date=25 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020131616/https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/finance-minister-hunt-will-not-stand-uk-leadership-contest-local-media-2022-10-20/ |archive-date=20 October 2022}} Following Rishi Sunak's appointment as Prime Minister, it was confirmed that Hunt would continue as Chancellor.{{cite web |title=Rishi Sunak cabinet: Jeremy Hunt confirmed as Chancellor |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/rishi-sunak-cabinet-revealed-chancellor-government-135924009.html |access-date=25 October 2022 |website=uk.news.yahoo.com |date=25 October 2022 |archive-date=25 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025143148/https://uk.news.yahoo.com/rishi-sunak-cabinet-revealed-chancellor-government-135924009.html |url-status=live}}

His autumn statement took place on 17 November 2022 and retracted the majority of planned reforms from Kwarteng's mini-budget.{{cite news |title=Rishi Sunak: What will the new PM and the Autumn Statement mean for my money? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63387955 |url-status=live |publisher=BBC News |date=26 October 2022 |access-date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026002343/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63387955 |archive-date=26 October 2022}}

His 2023 spring budget, delivered on 15 March 2023, was the first full budget statement to be presented by Hunt since his appointment as chancellor.{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Daniel |date=19 December 2022 |title=Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirms spring Budget date |url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/chancellor-jeremy-hunt-confirms-spring-25785638 |access-date=19 December 2022 |website=WalesOnline |archive-date=19 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219114143/https://www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/chancellor-jeremy-hunt-confirms-spring-25785638 |url-status=live}} Announcements included a fuel duty freeze, an extension of the "Energy Price Guarantee" for three more months, investments in low-carbon energy projects and 30 hours of free childcare for working people in England.{{cite web |title=Budget summary: Key points from Jeremy Hunt's 2023 Budget |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64789405 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=17 March 2023 |date=3 March 2023 |archive-date=17 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317084621/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64789405 |url-status=live}}

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In July 2023, Hunt outlined reforms to the pension industry with the aim of boosting pension pots and increasing investment in British businesses. In a speech to business leaders, Hunt claimed the Mansion House reforms could generate £75 billion of investment into high growth businesses and increase the average Briton's pension pot by 12% over the course of their career.{{cite web |title=Chancellor's Mansion House Reforms to boost typical pension by over £1,000 a year |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellors-mansion-house-reforms-to-boost-typical-pension-by-over-1000-a-year |access-date=12 July 2023 |website=gov.uk |archive-date=12 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712013531/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellors-mansion-house-reforms-to-boost-typical-pension-by-over-1000-a-year |url-status=live}}

In November 2023, Hunt gave the November 2023 autumn statement.{{cite web |last=McRae |first=Hamish |title=Jeremy Hunt can't promise much in his Autumn Statement – but three moves may save him yet |url=https://inews.co.uk/opinion/jeremy-hunt-cant-promise-much-autumn-statement-three-moves-2695225 |url-status=live |website=inews.co.uk |date=18 October 2023 |access-date=5 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105025433/https://inews.co.uk/opinion/jeremy-hunt-cant-promise-much-autumn-statement-three-moves-2695225 |archive-date=5 November 2023}} He presented the 2024 budget on 6 March 2024.{{cite web |last1=Seddon |first1=Paul |last2=Morton |first2=Becky |title=Budget 2024: Jeremy Hunt cuts National Insurance again as election looms |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68488467 |publisher=BBC News |date=6 March 2024 |access-date=6 March 2024}}

Due to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, Hunt's constituency of South West Surrey was abolished, and replaced with Godalming and Ash. At the 2024 general election, Hunt was elected to Parliament as MP for Godalming and Ash with 42.6% of the vote and a majority of 891.{{cite news |title=Godalming and Ash – General election results 2024 |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001249 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706192514/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001249 |archive-date=6 July 2024 |access-date=25 July 2024 }}

Following the subsequent formation of the Starmer ministry, Hunt was appointed Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer in Rishi Sunak's caretaker Shadow Cabinet. Hunt said that he would not stand in the 2024 Conservative Party leadership election. On 31 October 2024, Hunt confirmed that he had told both of the two leadership candidates, Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick, that he would stand down from the shadow cabinet after the new leader was elected, citing the "big drubbing in the election" and the need to "reflect on that and show new faces to the country" as his reasoning.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-31 |title=Hunt to step down as shadow chancellor with end of Tory leadership race in sight |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-chancellor-budget-tory-leader-b2638857.html |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=The Independent |language=en}} He also confirmed that he would remain on the backbenches for the "next few years, at least."{{Cite web |title=Jeremy Hunt tells Sky News he will step down as shadow chancellor |url=https://news.sky.com/video/jeremy-hunt-tells-sky-news-he-will-step-down-as-shadow-chancellor-13245304 |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=Sky News |language=en}}

File:Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt leaves Number 11 (cropped).jpg

Hunt's wife, Lucia Guo, comes from China. He first met Guo in 2008, when she was working at Warwick University recruiting Chinese students for the university.{{cite news|last=Cheung|first=Helier|title=Why Jeremy Hunt's 'Japanese' wife gaffe is a bad mistake|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45004765|date=30 July 2018|access-date=30 July 2018|archive-date=30 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730114143/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45004765|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Prengel|first=Kate|title=Lucia Hunt, Jeremy Hunt's Wife: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know |url=https://heavy.com/news/2018/07/lucia-hunt-jeremy-hunts-wife/|work=Heavy.com|access-date=29 May 2019|date=9 July 2018|archive-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529111325/https://heavy.com/news/2018/07/lucia-hunt-jeremy-hunts-wife/|url-status=live}} They married in July 2009 and have a son and two daughters;{{cite web|url=http://www.jeremyhunt.org/about-jeremy |title=About Jeremy|work=Jeremy Hunt MP|access-date=8 February 2016|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121043622/https://www.jeremyhunt.org/about-jeremy|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/helen-goodman-faces-backlash-from-labour-mps-over-jeremy-hunt-tweet-a6690261.html|title=Helen Goodman faces backlash from Labour MPs over Jeremy Hunt tweet|work=The Independent|last=Guyoncourt|first=Sally|date=11 October 2015|access-date=1 September 2017|archive-date=22 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052402/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/helen-goodman-faces-backlash-from-labour-mps-over-jeremy-hunt-tweet-a6690261.html|url-status=live}} His wife presented a segment on Sky's China Hour, a show coproduced by state-owned broadcaster China International Television Corporation.{{cite web|title=Beijing's Global Media Influence 2022|url=https://freedomhouse.org/country/united-kingdom/beijings-global-media-influence/2022|website=Freedom House|access-date=24 October 2022|archive-date=24 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024101156/https://freedomhouse.org/country/united-kingdom/beijings-global-media-influence/2022|url-status=live}} He owns a townhouse in Pimlico, central London, as well as a home in Hambledon, Surrey.{{cite web |title=Jeremy Hunt's property portfolio: from Pimlico to Surrey – here's where the new chancellor lives and works |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandproperty/celebrity-homes/jeremy-hunt-property-portfolio-chancellor-homes-downing-street-pimlico-surrey-southampton-b1033210.html|work=Evening Standard|date=19 October 2022|access-date=24 October 2022|archive-date=24 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024101153/https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandproperty/celebrity-homes/jeremy-hunt-property-portfolio-chancellor-homes-downing-street-pimlico-surrey-southampton-b1033210.html|url-status=live}}

Hunt and his wife own Mare Pond Properties Ltd, a company that bought seven luxury flats in Alexandra Wharf, Southampton, with the help of a standard bulk discount from property developer and Conservative donor Nicholas James Roach.{{cite news|title=PM among cabinet members earning money as landlords|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/apr/13/pm-among-cabinet-members-earning-money-as-a-landlord |website=The Guardian |date=13 April 2018|access-date=27 October 2022|archive-date=27 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027001924/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/apr/13/pm-among-cabinet-members-earning-money-as-a-landlord|url-status=live}}{{cite news|first1=Rob|last1=Davies|first2=Rajeev|last2=Syal|date=18 April 2018|title=Jeremy Hunt got 'bulk discount' on seven flats by Tory donor|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/apr/18/jeremy-hunt-investigated-breach-money-laundering-rules-luxury-flats|access-date=20 April 2018|archive-date=28 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128111003/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/apr/18/jeremy-hunt-investigated-breach-money-laundering-rules-luxury-flats|url-status=live}}

Hunt speaks Japanese, having studied the language for two years while working in Japan as an English-language teacher in the 1990s.{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/10/national/politics-diplomacy/new-foreign-secretary-jeremy-hunt-fluent-japanese-speaker-drew-years-japan-become-one-u-k-s-richest-politicians/#.W2BAe7h9iUk|title=New British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, fluent Japanese speaker, drew on years in Japan to become one of U.K.'s richest politicians|journal=The Japan Times Online|first=Reiji|last=Yoshida|access-date=31 July 2018|date=10 July 2018|archive-date=31 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731153553/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/10/national/politics-diplomacy/new-foreign-secretary-jeremy-hunt-fluent-japanese-speaker-drew-years-japan-become-one-u-k-s-richest-politicians/#.W2BAe7h9iUk|url-status=live}} He has named his personal political heroes as Margaret Thatcher and William Wilberforce. Hunt is a member of the Church of England.{{cite news|first=Jason|last=Cowley|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2019/04/jeremy-hunt-last-cameroon|title=Jeremy Hunt: the last Cameroon|work=New Statesman|date=17 April 2019|access-date=2 July 2019|archive-date=27 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727103703/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2019/04/jeremy-hunt-last-cameroon|url-status=live}}

Hunt has advocated pro-active good mental health through actions including exercise, social contacts, gratitude and sleep.{{cite web|last=Hunt|first=Jeremy|title=Keeping Your Mental Health In Check |url=https://www.jeremyhunt.org/sites/www.jeremyhunt.org/files/2020-10/HUNT%20Mental%20Health%20Guide%20Sep20.pdf |url-status=live|access-date=15 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017025548/https://www.jeremyhunt.org/sites/www.jeremyhunt.org/files/2020-10/HUNT%20Mental%20Health%20Guide%20Sep20.pdf|archive-date=17 October 2020}} In July 2023, he revealed that "every member of his family" has had cancer, and he himself had recovered from "a minor one".{{cite news|date=20 June 2022 |title=Jeremy Hunt MP had cancer, ex health secretary reveals|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-61857712|access-date=23 July 2023|archive-date=20 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620130409/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-61857712|url-status=live}} Hunt's younger brother, Charlie, died aged 53 on 2 August 2023, after being diagnosed with sarcoma in 2020.{{cite news|title=Jeremy Hunt's younger brother dies from cancer aged 53|url=https://news.sky.com/story/jeremy-hunts-younger-brother-dies-from-cancer-aged-53-12938330|access-date=12 August 2023|work=Sky News|archive-date=12 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812001700/https://news.sky.com/story/jeremy-hunts-younger-brother-dies-from-cancer-aged-53-12938330|url-status=live}} On 11 April 2025, Hunt was Knighted in Rishi Sunak's Resignation Honours List.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/resignation-honours-and-peerages-april-2025 |title= Resignation Honours and Peerages: April 2025|work=gov.uk |access-date=11 April 2025}}

• 2010: Appointed to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, giving him the honorific style "The Right Honourable" for life.{{cite web|title=Privy Council members|url=https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/privy-council/privy-council-members/|access-date=28 August 2021|website=Privy Council|archive-date=21 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621160241/https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/privy-council/privy-council-members/|url-status=live}}
• 2020: 45px Knight Grand Officer of the Equestrian Order of St Agatha of San Marino{{cite web|title=San Marino awards the Order of Saint Agatha to the Rt Hon Theresa May MP and the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP – Consulate of San Marino to the UK|date=13 October 2020|url=https://www.consolatosanmarino.uk/en/news/award-of-the-order-of-saint-agatha-to-two-uk-prominent-persons/|access-date=28 August 2021|archive-date=4 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804142439/https://www.consolatosanmarino.uk/en/news/award-of-the-order-of-saint-agatha-to-two-uk-prominent-persons/|url-status=live}}
• 2025: File:Knight Bachelor Ribbon.svg Knight Bachelor{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/resignation-honours-and-peerages-april-2025 |title= Resignation Honours and Peerages: April 2025|work=gov.uk |access-date=11 April 2025}}

• Zero: Eliminating Unnecessary Deaths in a Post-Pandemic NHS (London: Swift Press, 2022) {{ISBN|978-1800751224}}

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