Taxing burden for Brown's successor

Published on 5 February 2007

Next month's Budget is expected to be Gordon Brown's last as chancellor before he becomes Prime Minister.

<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>

    Authors

    Carl Emmerson
    Carl Emmerson

    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: 17 March 2025).

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