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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jamie Grierson

How Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget hit UK economy – in numbers

Kwasi Kwarteng
Kwasi Kwarteng heralded ‘a new approach for a new era’. Photograph: BBC News

It’s been a week since the chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, delivered his “fiscal event”, heralding “a new approach for a new era” that left the Daily Mail cooing: “At last! A true Tory budget.”

The impact of which has been devastating, with even the generally Tory-supporting Economist saying the government’s reckless incompetence may have already damaged it “beyond repair”. Here we look at the key figures that defined one of the worst probation periods in history.

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