Spring Statement offers 'light relief in face of heavy realities'

Actions fall short

Elliot Gulliver-Needham
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak gave his Spring Statement last Wednesday (23 March), which analysts said did little to address the headwinds threatening the UK’s economic recovery. 

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