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No relief for Rishi Sunak as he prepares for Spending Review: lower-than-expected borrowing likely to prove only temporary
Despite improving public finances this year, the Chancellor is likely to have very little room for manoeuvre in his forthcoming Spending Review. That is because while the economy is recovering more quickly than expected at the March Budget, this may not translate into a permanent improvement in the ...
Observation
The Chancellor’s spending plans are even tighter than they seem
Rishi Sunak
Newspaper article
Putting up corporation tax is a risk the chancellor may come to regret
It’s easy enough to see the politics behind Rishi Sunak’s tax increase of choice. Opaque, in the future, jam today, well-hidden pain tomorrow. The scale of the increase, though, makes the economics more concerning. Not only is he unlikely to get as much revenue as he’s banking on, he risks ...
Presentation
Spring Budget 2021: IFS analysis
Newspaper article
Budget is Sunak’s chance to show us who he is and where he wants to go
'Sunak’s conference promise that he will always balance the books was, to be generous, no more than a rhetorical flourish. What he is actually aiming for and by when we do not know. This week’s budget is his chance to give us a real sense of who he is and where he wants to go.' Paul Johnson in ...