UK constrained by high interest rates, price rises and staff shortages but thinktank offers optimistic outlook for global economyThe UK will be the worst-performing economy in the G7 next year, according to the Organisation for...
Read MoreGlobal forecast contrasts with downbeat assessment for a British economy constrained by high interest rates, price rises and staff shortagesThe UK’s economic outlook has worsened this year as high interest rates and the...
Read MoreFormer prime minister will tell thinktank the Treasury is in danger of retreating into ‘comfort zone’Britain needs to be put on an economic “war footing” if it is to break out of a vicious cycle of low...
Read MoreOffice for Budget Responsibility says national insurance and tax cuts will be paid for by average £8bn-a-year borrowing to 2028-29The chancellor will raise government borrowing to help fund a 2p cut in national insurance...
Read MoreChancellor’s £10bn national insurance cut funded by ‘non-dom’ tax breaks is final major economic intervention before electionPolitics live: latest news and reaction on UK budgetBudget: key points at a...
Read MoreThe Treasury watchdog is seen by some Tories as a block to tax cuts – and could be ignored by Jeremy HuntIt has been described as a millstone around the chancellor’s neck and the reason Conservative MPs could be...
Read MoreChancellor should resist temptation to announce unfunded tax cuts in March budget, advises leading thinktankJeremy Hunt’s financial planning is “dubious” and “lacks credibility” and the chancellor...
Read MoreLabour leader tells conference that reforms ‘may not please everyone in room’The UK needs a government guided by clear purpose, Reeves says.Labour has set out five missions. But they are all tied to the economic...
Read MoreShadow chancellor Rachel Reeves tells business leaders Labour will give them certainty if it wins the next electionThe UK needs a government guided by clear purpose, Reeves says.Labour has set out five missions. But they are all...
Read MoreShadow chancellor tells business leaders Labour will give them certainty if it wins the next electionThe UK needs a government guided by clear purpose, Reeves says.Labour has set out five missions. But they are all tied to the...
Read MoreRichard Hughes criticises lack of information from government about public spending plansForecasts on the outlook for the public finances last year were beyond “a work of fiction”, the head of the Treasury’s...
Read MoreChancellor has asked OBR to prepare forecasts for the economy and public finances to be presented to parliamentBusiness live – latest updatesJeremy Hunt has announced the date of 6 March for a spring budget, fuelling...
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