Friday Briefing: Budget Day looms

Friday Briefing

Eve Maddock-Jones
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It is just two days until Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveils his much-anticipated Spring Budget.

The pundit's debate on whether his second Budget will be his last will be ongoing until well after he leaves the despatch box on Wednesday I'm sure. Friday Briefing: The open-ended property question Many were waving the white flag for him, and the Conservatives, at last year's Autumn Statement already. The outcome of that argument, and indeed the contents of the 2024 Budget, remains to be seen, but while I prepare for whatever news the Chancellor seeks to prematurely age me with this time, I went back to see what was said at the previous one. Hunt's 2023 Spring Budget came after...

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