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Will save the average worker about £75. But is that the budget rabbit that conservative backbenchers were after . The answer plainly is no, but the truth is, there was simply not enough money to deliver the cut in income tax they had demanded. After the measures announced today, the Office For Budget Responsibility estimated the chancellor has just £8. 9 billion of headroom left, down from the 13 billion he had in the autumn statement. That the second smallest on record, yet the chancellor gave us a relatively optimistic view of the economy, after covid, a war in europe, and the damage infli...

welcome to the programme. it was budget day here in britain today. a big set piece annual event in which the chancellor stairs into the crystal ball, and tries to predict the future — and how best to steer the uk economy through it. the obstacles in his way are common to europe and the united states. high inflation, higher interest rates, and since the pandemic, an intractably acute labour shortage. this graph trackjob vacancies across europe since august 2022, historically high after the pandemic, but you will see the uk, the red line at the very top, is struggling more than most....

Despite election promises from both major parties not to raise key taxes, the next British government is expected to face challenges in maintaining these commitments. Economists, including those from the IMF and major banks, predict that tax hikes will be inevitable due to economic pressures, weak growth, and high interest rates.

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are desperate not to spook the horse when it comes to Labour’s handling of tax.

Many had been expecting a summer rate cut and an Autumn general election. Has Rishi Sunak scuppered one by bringing forward the other?