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    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      UK public borrowing rises on energy support schemes

      February figure of £16.7bn is higher than expected

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Jeremy Hunt accused of gaming his fiscal rules

      Experts say public finances could be in a worse shape than figures contained in the Budget

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Paul Johnson
      The UK chancellor is caught in a dilemma, as his Budget shows

      Continuing to muddle through, massage the figures and implement bad policies will only make the problems worse

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      News in-depthUK Budget
      Jeremy Hunt uses improved public finances to serve up giveaways

      But UK chancellor’s tax incentives to nurture business investment are constrained by his own fiscal rules

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      Hunt’s Budget offers £9bn business tax break and surprise pension boost

      Chancellor also extends free childcare of one- and two-year-olds in fiscal plan to increase workforce

    • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
      ExplainerUK Budget
      Five things to look out for in Jeremy Hunt’s Budget

      Chancellor expected to take steps to nurture economic growth as well as address cost of living crisis

    • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The UK chancellor’s fiscal conundrum

      Jeremy Hunt’s Budget must boost growth amid tight finances and political pressures

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      Hunt to use Budget to help UK households with energy bills

      Chancellor will not have room for big giveaways on March 15 because of new forecasts of weak economic outlook

    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      Explainer
      Why are UK public finances in much better shape than expected?

      Jeremy Hunt has a £30bn windfall after higher tax revenues and lower subsidies for household energy bills

    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      UK public sector posts unexpected budget surplus in January

      Improvements in finances come largely from stronger than expected tax receipts

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      Truss to join Tory rightwing clamour for immediate tax cuts

      Hunt and Sunak insist their focus is on controlling UK public finances and inflation

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      UK public sector borrowing more than doubles in December

      Energy support schemes drive up figures as ONS report shows highest borrowing since monthly records began in 1993

    • Saturday, 21 January, 2023
      Bulb Energy
      UK government set for payback from Bulb sale to Octopus

      Fall in gas prices expected to cut cost of failed energy company’s rescue by up to £840mn

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      King Charles III
      King Charles hands over wind farm profits for ‘wider public good’

      UK’s new monarch pre-empts critics by surrendering coming windfall from seabed licences

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      Bank of England
      BoE winds up Truss emergency measures

      Bonds it purchased to stabilise the UK economy after the disastrous mini-Budget have now been sold

    • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
      UK public sector borrowing hits record November high

      Energy support payments and higher debt interest pushes borrowing to £22bn last month

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      Treasury bails out BoE for first losses on QE programme

      Central bank requires funding after raising interest rates but payments have no effect on overall public finances

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      UK public borrowing rises as energy cap takes effect

      October’s figure of £13.5bn was £4.4bn more than in the same month last year

    • Friday, 18 November, 2022
      Autumn Statement
      ‘New era’ of higher taxes beckons for UK, warn think-tanks

      Resolution Foundation points to wage stagnation, while IFS says fiscal rules only just met by £55bn squeeze

    • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
      News in-depthAutumn Statement
      Hunt returns to ‘fiscal orthodoxy’ in face of grim public finances

      Unlike Kwasi Kwarteng, the chancellor accepted the OBR’s dire predictions for the economy

    • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
      Autumn Statement
      Hunt unveils £55bn fiscal squeeze as UK economic outlook darkens

      Chancellor pushes back many measures announced in Autumn Statement until after expected general election in 2024

    • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
      Autumn Statement
      The FT’s quick guide to the Autumn Statement

      Main points and key data from Jeremy Hunt’s economic announcement

    • Wednesday, 16 November, 2022
      Investors warn UK government on dangers of new austerity wave

      Cuts to public spending must be balanced with recession risks, say fund managers

    • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
      UK business & economy
      UK public sector workers hit hardest by cost of living crisis

      Gap with private sector pay growth now the widest on record

    • Monday, 14 November, 2022
      ExplainerAutumn Statement
      Why is Jeremy Hunt planning big tax rises and spending cuts?

      The UK chancellor is preparing measures to reduce public borrowing because of dire predictions for the public finances

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