<p>Next month's Budget is expected to be Gordon Brown's last as chancellor before he becomes Prime Minister. </p><p> </p><p>His successor at the Treasury is likely to inherit less public debt, and lower borrowing, than Kenneth Clarke bequeathed him.</p>
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Deputy Director
Carl, a Deputy Director, is an editor of the IFS Green Budget, an expert on the UK pension system and sits on the Social Security Advisory Committee.
Comment details
- DOI
- 10.1920/co.ifs.2024.1023
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Emmerson, C. (2007). Taxing burden for Brown's successor [Comment] IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/taxing-burden-browns-successor (accessed: 4 November 2024).
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