No amount of flannel by Jeremy Hunt can disguise the dire state of the economy after more than a decade of Tory rule.
The Chancellor claimed that he had crafted a Budget for growth. The reality is Britain remains in the economic slow lane, with GDP to shrink this year, living standards falling and taxes set to reach a post-war high.
For the UK to once again be an economic powerhouse requires major rebuilding. But the insipid and uninspiring Budget only offered a few botched repairs from the same cowboy builders responsible for the major damage.
