Spring Budget 24: UK economy to grow more in 2024 and 2025 than previously forecast

OBR upgrades growth forecasts

Valeria Martinez
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The UK economy is set to grow more than forecast in the Autumn Statement over this year and next, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said in his Spring Budget statement today (6 March).

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