By prioritising prudence over business support, the chancellor will probably do more harm in the long run.
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The prime minister’s party has long sought to reconcile political popularity with fiscal constraint.
Does a period of unmanageable debt, runaway energy prices, job instability and a choppy green transition sound like an age of optimism to you?
Sunak talked about a new age of optimism, but it doesn’t feel like that for many people.
Should the chancellor cut taxes to win votes ahead of the next election? It’s tempting but a lesson from history shows what happens when you go too far.
There’s a long list of pre-announcements, but it remains to be seen how much turns out to be smoke and mirrors.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending plans may thwart the government’s proposals for reach net zero.
The government is preparing to offer some kind of limited bailout to businesses that are struggling because of high electricity and gas prices.
With an ageing population, pandemic recovery and climate emergency in the in-tray, social care is not the only thing the chancellor has to finance.
Between £16 billion and £27 billion is estimated to be unrecoverable from small businesses alone.
Some big names are lining up to attack the government over a broken manifesto pledge.
Pouring money into levelling up won’t work without a rethink of how Whitehall and local government work together
The UK government has an option to act boldly after Rishi Sunak’s latest budget.
The town just so happens to be right next to the chancellor’s constituency.
The plan is to achieve growth and level up without while sharply cutting the deficit.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has delivered his second pandemic budget for the Conservatives.
Protecting jobs that will be lost anyway is money that could be spent on building the green economy.
Rate rises appear to be coming back into fashion amid speculation that Rishi Sunak and the Biden administration are changing tack.
Overseas aid doesn’t just help developing countries, Britain also benefits hugely.
Before the prospect of a vaccine, the UK was looking at a doubling of unemployment. Things look rosier now.
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Associate Professor of British Politics, University of Leeds
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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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Yunus Chair and Distinguished Professor of Health Economics, Glasgow Caledonian University
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