Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Budget outlined the Government’s new economic direction intended to plug the UK’s £55 billion fiscal hole. “Stability, growth and public services” was his hendiatris of choice, and while the Chancellor did not ignore housing policy completely — he came close.
Homeowners, buyers and renters facing soaring bills, scarcity of lending and higher taxes will have found little comfort in the latest fiscal plan from the Treasury beyond a sense of stability, compared to the freewheeling turbulence unleashed by the Kwarteng-Truss mini-Budget a mere eight weeks ago.
