Budget deficit
UK government borrowing hits record in February amid energy bills support
Deficit increases despite higher tax receipts and lower interest payments
Julia Kollewe
21, Mar, 2023 @9:05 AM
UK economy will take more than a year to recover to pre-Covid level, says OBR
Jeremy Hunt’s efforts to boost growth unlikely to prevent largest fall in living standards on record
Phillip Inman and Anna Isaac
15, Mar, 2023 @6:18 PM
Budget 2023: Hunt overhauls pensions, benefits and childcare in push for growth
Chancellor pledges cash for businesses and parents, and says UK will avoid recession this year
Richard Partington and Jessica Elgot
15, Mar, 2023 @5:42 PM
From pensions to pools: what to expect from Hunt’s spring budget
Biggest change to welfare system in a decade and extension of energy price guarantee among expected measures
Phillip Inman
15, Mar, 2023 @6:00 AM
Five charts that will shape Jeremy Hunt’s budget
From cooling inflation to easing staff shortages, we look at the factors behind the chancellor’s spending choices
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
15, Mar, 2023 @6:00 AM
Want to properly plug the UK’s north-south divide? Look to Germany | Larry Elliott
Boosting spending power, increasing public funding for science and tech skills, R&D and infrastructure could work
Larry Elliott
05, Mar, 2023 @11:04 AM
Tory austerity ‘has cost UK half a trillion pounds of public spending since 2010’
Thinktank says 2010-2019 spending would have been £540bn higher had previous plans been stuck to
Larry Elliott Economics editor
03, Mar, 2023 @10:37 AM
Bigger public sector pay rises unaffordable, chancellor says
Jeremy Hunt says he will not improve pay offer despite surprise budget surplus
Richard Partington, Alex Lawson and Julia Kollewe
21, Feb, 2023 @6:29 PM
Will Jeremy Hunt’s budget cut UK debt or help the public sector?
Surprise surplus lands the chancellor with a dilemma – but he is unlikely to listen to calls to change course
Phillip Inman
21, Feb, 2023 @12:07 PM
Drop in UK growth forecast limits chancellor’s budget wriggle room
OBR tells Jeremy Hunt he will have £9bn less income to factor amid falling tax receiptstax receipts
Phillip Inman
25, Jan, 2023 @12:42 PM
Five charts that show the UK’s economic prospects in 2023
Inflation, faltering GDP and rising unemployment are all on the cards for the country this year
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
29, Dec, 2022 @1:03 PM
In 2022 Liz Truss tried to bin economic orthodoxy – but what is it?
Rishi Sunak soon rowed back from his predecessor’s chaotic experiment, reasserting the seven pillars of UK Treasury wisdom
Larry Elliott Economics editor
27, Dec, 2022 @3:00 PM
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