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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
David Buik

Sadly, this taxing Reeves Budget does nothing for business or growth

I think it would be a good idea for me to start this simple critique by once and for all, dealing with the hyperboles, general criticisms and observations of Chancellor Reeves’s second Budget, delivered in a highly charged atmosphere at 12.30pm yesterday. Let’s start with the OBR’S unfortunate leak before the Chancellor got to her feet in the House of Commons – easy! Outrageous! Richard Hughes should have the drains up and ‘heads should roll.’

The Chancellor and her team are totally responsible the hostile atmosphere created by leak after leak manifesting itself from all quarters of Westminster, the press and social media by giving three months’ notice in setting the date for the Budget.

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