Government borrowing
Officials warned over accuracy after Jeremy Hunt tweet on public debt
Exclusive: Statistics watchdog speaks to Treasury staff after chancellor conflates fall in debt with a less steep rise than first predicted
Peter Walker Deputy political editor
22, May, 2023 @1:51 PM
One in five workers will be higher-rate taxpayers by 2027 – IFS
Jeremy Hunt’s freeze on allowances and thresholds will put a quarter of teachers and one-eighth of nurses in 40% income tax bracket
Larry Elliott Economics editor
15, May, 2023 @11:01 PM
From Elizabeth II to Charles III: how the UK economy has changed
From rationing to taxes, house prices to health – the differences and similarities between the Britains of 1953 and 2023
Larry Elliott Economics editor
04, May, 2023 @9:00 AM
Record UK borrowing puts Jeremy Hunt in dilemma over tax cuts | Larry Elliott
The chancellor has to weigh tax giveaways against unprecedented government borrowing ahead of looming elections
Larry Elliott Economics editor
25, Apr, 2023 @3:56 PM
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
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
Big budget giveaways look unlikely as Hunt forced to borrow more
Chancellor likely to tread cautiously after record December budget deficit
Larry Elliott Economics editor
24, Jan, 2023 @11:37 AM
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