Rishi Sunak says his budget delivers a stronger economy for the British people: stronger growth, public finances and employment. The chancellor says he will give people the support they need with the cost of living and levelling up.
He says the budget does not draw a line under Covid, but does begin the work of building an economy post-pandemic.
“Let there be no doubt: our plan is working,” he says.
Rowena Mason, deputy political editor: Sunak has adopted the prime minister’s claims that the UK needs to move to a “new economic model” of higher wages and productivity. He is sounding decidedly like a Johnsonian optimist, trumpeting better than expected economic growth, rather focusing on fiscal discipline or balancing the books. He does,
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