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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Phillip Inman

From stamp duty to defence spending: what will Kwarteng’s mini-budget do?

Kwasi Kwarteng arrives for the first cabinet meeting in Liz Truss government
GDP growth has averaged 1.5% under recent Tory governments but Kwasi Kwarteng believes lower taxes can change that. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

The chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, stands up in the Commons on Friday morning to reveal his “emergency budget”. Here’s what we know so far:

What has already been announced?

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