BBCNEWS The Budget November 22, 2017
A budget as the leaves turned brown was Kenneth Clarke back in 1996. The following year, labours new chancellor, a young chap called gordon brown, delivered a summer budget following his partys landslide election victory. After that, budgets took place in the early spring and have remained there ever since. Until today. Well, just a few minutes ago, the chancellor emerged from number 11 downing street with the special red box containing the budget speech. The red box goes all the way back to gladstone when he was chancellor. The chancellor was accompanied by his treasury team, including elizab...