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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Lynch

Spring statement will lead to six months of ‘damaging speculation’, IFS warns

The Chancellor’s decisions at the spring statement will lead to six months of “damaging speculation and uncertainty over tax policy” ahead of the next budget, an influential economics think tank has warned.

During Wednesday’s statement, Rachel Reeves enacted further cuts to welfare in order to restore £9.9 billion fiscal headroom that the Office for Budget Responsibility told her would have been eroded if spending had continued unchecked.

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