The Foreign Secretary - and former entrepreneur - vowed to "turbocharge" the economy by encouraging tens of thousands more Brits to start out on their own.
Under the plans, graduates would have their debts "waived" if they start a company and hire more than ten people for a period of at least five years.
Mr Hunt said it defied belief that only one per cent of graduates go into business.
The move could cost the Treasury a small fortune given average three-year degree carries a £50,000 price tag.
But Mr Hunt said: "If we are to turbocharge our economy and take advantage of Brexit, we need to back the young entrepreneurs who take risks and create jobs."
The pledge came after a difficult day for the Tory contender in which:
- The Foreign Secretary lost his temper with Radio 2's Jeremy Vine after the big earning presenter taunted him for being loaded. The Foreign Secretary - who has an estimated £15m fortune - snapped and accused the BBC star of hypocrisy.
- The Institute of Fiscal Studies separately said his pledge to increase defence spending and cut corporation tax could cost £25 billion and "amplify the challenges" facing the Treasury.
- Jeremy Hunt was forced to deny calling Brexit voters "Little Englanders"in a Twitter Q&A on Tuesday night.
Ms Davidson, who previously backed Sajid Javid and then Michael Gove in the leadership race, said: "Any Conservative Leadership candidate must put the Union first. Jeremy has done so and will get my vote."
Attempting to hit back at Boris on Wednesday night, Mr Hunt called on broadcasters to shame his rival by "empty-chairing" him next week in any planned head-to-head debates. Sky was this week forced to cancel a showdown after Mr Johnson refused to attend.
Mr Hunt claims the front runner is trying to "run down the clock" so Tory members with postal votes will have already cast their decisions by the time an ITV debate he has agreed to takes place - on July 9.
In an open letter to broadcasters, Mr Hunt said: "I fear that Boris Johnson's plan is to run down the clock so that by the time any debate happens, the votes are already being counted.
"I urge all broadcasters to press ahead with plans to hold live television events to scrutinise the candidates next week BEFORE ballot papers arrive, with or without Boris Johnson."
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I take that back when Putin was first elected, at the end of the book First Person, Vladimir Putin's own biography, at the end of the book, there is a section Russia at the Turn of the Millennium. he laid a plan for the Russian Federation, a road map for the future.
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As for the nutsack....I think that torture has never been proved an effective measure for truth telling.
however, there are other options available here. do you suppose illusion of freedom might agree?
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(the link is a music video that I thought you might like)
You're fresh out of about 16 years of "education", you know pretty much squat about the world, squat about business, diddly about being a startup, you're £50,000 in debt and you're going to fire up and make fly a business that provides employment to ten people for five years . . . sure.
if so, lets hear it.
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it is a music video. and yes, I am in fact self employed.
HFL's notions at least begin to address some of the problems whereas whazzizzname above is blowing smoke out his behind. And not only, he is inciting a false hope . . .
To answer your question: No, I don't; I'm simply calling out what I see as a bullshitting politico . . .
it was a VERY good idea at the time and in the way that it was originally configured. since that time it has been perverted into something that is unrecognizable, as to it's original purpose, in todays world.
this is much like my own countries constitution.
in both cases, the original idea was excellent. and is worthy of redemption.
now that I am old, I prefer to do commercial restaurant equipment.
private citizens (owners) of businesses will make decisions MUCH differently than Corporations do.
peace.