FT CollectionsUK Budget autumn 2021: essential readingSome of the key articles in the FT’s coverage of chancellor Rishi Sunak’s third Budget© FT Montage/Charlie BibbySunak sets out ‘moral’ mission to limit state and cut taxesChancellor makes claim despite plans for tax levels to rise to highest in more than 70 years Sunak delivers ‘tax, save and spend’ Budget after improved forecastsChancellor divides bounty between shoring up public finances and increasing spending on public servicesSunak defies hawkish instincts to oversee massive expansion of statePublic spending and taxation both set to rise to highest levels in decadesGovernment winners and losers in the UK budget Real-terms spending increases benefit some departments at the expense of others Reality bites as Tories embrace big-state, fiscal conservatismThe government has bowed to pressures for higher taxes, predominantly to protect the oldRishi Sunak flags his distaste as he spends like a sailorLike his party, the chancellor is torn over Johnson’s big-state conservatismBudget will leave millions worse off next year, studies findThink-tanks suggest chancellor’s measures will not prevent squeeze on disposable incomes
