Today news
About the same in other media
Rishi Sunak’s autumn budget 2021 – the panel verdict
Reading now: 583
The chancellor came into the chamber with great optimism, but he needed to do three things to ensure this was based on more than just hot air: shore up the recovery with a big investment package, act on the climate crisis and protect struggling families. So did he do enough?
Larger than expected spending on public services was good news and has locked in a consensus that we can’t return to the austerity of the past decade. But welcome investments in public services were overshadowed by a budget that barely mentioned the climate crisis just days before Cop26. The Chancellor said he wanted to build a new economy coming out of this crisis and today he had that chance – he could have boosted it like Joe Biden in the US with a £70bn a year
Read more on theguardian.comAbout this in other media
‘It’s not going to help anyone here’: the Yorkshire town unmoved by Rishi Sunak’s £20m ‘largesse’ theguardian.com /3 years ago
Rishi Sunak faces Tory backlash over ‘big state, high tax’ budget theguardian.com /3 years ago
By boosting flights in the UK, Rishi Sunak has revealed the Tories’ true priorities theguardian.com /3 years ago
Show more
The website finance-news.co is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
