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The chancellor’s search for spending cuts leads most of Wednesday’s papers. The Financial Times says Jeremy Hunt is preparing to raid the profits of banks and energy companies as he looks to fill a £40bn fiscal hole through a mix of public spending cuts and tax rises. The paper says Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and his deputy James Heappey indicated they might quit if the PM reversed a pledge to raise defence spending to 3% of gross domestic product by 2030.