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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.
UK chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, with his 2023 Autumn Statement.
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National insurance cuts and business investment were all included, as was the pensions triple lock. But our experts saw some omissions.
UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt.
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Both Sunak and Hunt have hinted at earlier than expected tax cuts recently.
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The UK government has recently indicated that it could make some surprise tax announcements in coming days.
What’s in the box?
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It’s budget time again, and maybe the Conservatives’ final major chance to influence the upcoming general election.
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ISAs, benefits and mortgage support are all rumoured to be mentioned in chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s next autumn statement.
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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.
Many mortgage borrowers are expecting their repayments to rise rapidly.
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Recent measures introduced to help struggling UK homeowners aren’t as helpful as they seem at first.
Counting the cost of rising prices.
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Different rates of inflation indicate high prices have become ‘embedded’ in these economies.
Cheerleader in chief, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey.
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The bank has set hares running by forecasting actual growth of the UK economy in 2023, while most other forecasters are more downbeat.
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Many businesses have been reluctant to invest and expand.
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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…
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We talk about ‘fiscal responsibility’ but rarely are a government’s annual accounting exercises assessed in ethical terms.
Jeremy Hunt is unveiling his first spring budget on March 15.
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He steadied the ship in the autumn. Can he now turn around the Conservatives’ electoral fortunes?
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UK policymakers and industry need to set their sights on the long-term picture to boost productivity and help grow the economy.
Relaxing some banking rules could affect the stability of the UK’s financial sector, largely based in the City of London.
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New green finance measures aside, UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Edinburgh reforms look like history repeating itself.
Boom or bust?
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The government wants to make UK finance more competitive after the damage caused by Brexit.
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Widening access to free school meals would be an investment in England’s children.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt: even in a crisis, don’t expect the government to play with a straight bat.
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Cutting infrastructure spending and maintaining the pensions triple lock are among the questionable moves in Jeremy Hunt’s statement.