The usual January surplus is at an all time monthly high, and double what it was last January. Hopefully this will put a spring in Hunt’s step into the Spring Budget as he’s been handed £9.2 billion extra headroom for tax cuts. Hunt has been indulging in some expectation management recently, though with the Tories plummeting in the polls, and voters not being able to afford high taxes, radical tax cuts are necessary. As Hunt loves the word “headroom” so much, these recent figures may give him an opportunity to make the most of it at the budget…