Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver his Autumn Budget to Parliament on Thursday 17 November, finally offering clarity on how Rishi Sunak’s government plans to restore order to Britain’s public finances.
Having succeeded Kwasi Kwarteng on 14 October following the debacle of the latter’s ill-conceived and ill-timed “mini-Budget” of 23 September – which tanked the pound and brought a swift end to the premiership of Liz Truss – Mr Hunt postponed a statement originally intended for Halloween to buy himself more time.
