A pre-Halloween scare? Looking ahead to the Autumn Budget

Rachel Reeves’s first Budget will be on Wednesday 30 October “I have to tell the House [the] Budget will involve taking difficult decisions to meet our fiscal rules across spending, welfare and tax.”
Opening the books – the government’s spending inheritance…

The date of the next Budget has been announced, accompanied by the new Chancellor’s warning about government finances Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first announcement on entering 11 Downing Street was the commissioning of a ‘spending inheritance’ review from the Treasury. Her decision to do so was questioned by the opposition (Conservatives), among others, who argued that […]