Category: Autumn budget 2021

Rishi Sunak’s learning catch-up fund is ‘false economy’, says former schools tsar

Sir Kevan Collins says saving made by chancellor’s ‘meagre’ offer will be dwarfed by cost of lost learningA former education recovery tsar has described the chancellor’s latest catch-up offer as...

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Budget 2021: Sunak softens universal credit cuts to tackle squeeze on families

Chancellor announces measures to help households, with lower alcohol and fuel dutiesSunak handed extra £51bn after growth forecasts are upgradedAnalysis: Sunak offers spending now – and signals tax cuts laterBudget...

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Boris Johnson to take questions at PMQs before Rishi Sunak unveils budget spending plans – live

Latest updates: prime minister to take questions before chancellor sets out government’s financial strategy with pledge to strengthen economyRishi Sunak will use budget to declare ‘age of optimism’What will be...

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Budget 2021 live: Rishi Sunak to declare ‘age of optimism’ alongside spending review

Latest updates: chancellor to pledge ‘stronger economy’ despite cost of living crisis as improved forecasts provide a short-term windfallRishi Sunak will use budget to declare ‘age of optimism’What will...

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Budget: Sunak urged to help families facing ‘immediate pressures’

Labour says rise in national living wage will not make up for universal credit cut amid cost-of-living crisisBudget 2021 live: all the day’s news and reactionRishi Sunak has been urged to use the budget to help families...

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