Tackling the cost of living crisis and raising UK living standards requires a joined-up response, but the autumn statement didn’t give much indication of that.
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Pension changes, industry investment and national insurance cuts announced in the autumn statement could all help women.
National insurance cuts and business investment were all included, as was the pensions triple lock. But our experts saw some omissions.
Live blog: all the announcements from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and instant reaction from experts.
The UK government has recently indicated that it could make some surprise tax announcements in coming days.
It’s budget time again, and maybe the Conservatives’ final major chance to influence the upcoming general election.
ISAs, benefits and mortgage support are all rumoured to be mentioned in chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s next autumn statement.
Banks in the UK have to conduct extra checks on people more at risk of blackmail – and an easier option is sometimes just to say no to giving them and account.
Recent measures introduced to help struggling UK homeowners aren’t as helpful as they seem at first.
Different rates of inflation indicate high prices have become ‘embedded’ in these economies.
The bank has set hares running by forecasting actual growth of the UK economy in 2023, while most other forecasters are more downbeat.
Many businesses have been reluctant to invest and expand.
Jeremy Hunt’s first budget day as chancellor was in many ways more about politics than economics. Historically, the Conservative party’s electoral success has been based on a reputation for economic competence…
We talk about ‘fiscal responsibility’ but rarely are a government’s annual accounting exercises assessed in ethical terms.
He steadied the ship in the autumn. Can he now turn around the Conservatives’ electoral fortunes?
UK policymakers and industry need to set their sights on the long-term picture to boost productivity and help grow the economy.
New green finance measures aside, UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Edinburgh reforms look like history repeating itself.
The government wants to make UK finance more competitive after the damage caused by Brexit.
Widening access to free school meals would be an investment in England’s children.
Cutting infrastructure spending and maintaining the pensions triple lock are among the questionable moves in Jeremy Hunt’s statement.
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Professor, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor of Industrial Strategy, Co-Director Centre for Governance, Regulation and Industrial Strategy (CGR&IS), University of Bath
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Senior Lecturer in Economics and Personal Finance, The Open University
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Associate Professor in Social Policy Director of the Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM), University of Birmingham
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