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This was a budget for jobs – Conservative Parliamentary jobs – and for some they already realise that it didn’t go far enough. But the facts are that the Chancellor has little opportunity to go further without grabbing the attention of the World as the Truss...

With a general election later this year, Spring Budget did not bring any major surprises (or not what had already been released by the media). This budget was aimed at trying to win over voters by reducing taxes and trying to support families. But is it enough? As UK...

As expected, nothing to get too excited about from the Spring Budget 2024. The 2% NI reduction was as expected, but we need to remember this is only for employees paid between £12,571 and £50,270. This reduction is also only 3 months after the 2% deduction in January....

As usual, I set time aside to watch the Spring Budget and this year was no different, although it does annoy me how often key announcements are “leaked” before the Statement itself. I am sure this is partly done to see how the policy is perceived to allow some final...

Vote winner or vote loser for the Conservatives? With this being the last budget before the next general election, I was expecting the Chancellor to announce changes aimed at winning votes rather than tackling the fiscal issues that we currently have. Overall, I feel...

Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics...  Just a couple of minutes into Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2024 speech, Benjamin Disraeli’s/Mark Twain’s title quote came careering into my mind. Listening to him reeling off the Tory ‘achievements’ since he and Rishi had taken...