it is almost impossible to disentangle any effect from the much larger shock resulting from pandemic and war.
Above all, to what extent will he present a clear plan and message? My starter for ten is “help hard-working people and go for more growth”.
The Government seems to have no plan to communicate as cost of living woes multiply. Here’s a first stab at one.
The shock-absorber is a looser fiscal policy. Although the budget deficit is higher than one would like, the good news is that it is falling sharply.
Wrong-headed Treasury thinking will leave people paying unnecessarily high as the cost-of-living crisis strikes.
The Government may have begun to address the cost of living crisis, but the public believe that it has done nowhere near enough.
Also: For the first time in twelve years, the terror threat level in Northern Ireland has fallen.
Takes from the Centre for Policy Studies, the Adam Smith Institute, the TaxPayers’ Alliance, the Centre for Social Justice, and more.
“Cutting taxes is not easy,” the Chancellor said with a sigh. It is, however, easier than putting them up.
“People should know that we will stand by them, as we have throughout the last two years.”
Without swift action, the cost-of-living crisis risks driving even more vulnerable people into the hands of criminal lenders.
The Spring Statement must not focus on the ‘squeezed middle’ to the exclusion of those at risk of genuine poverty.
The second in a series of articles on how the Chancellor should approach the upcoming Spring Statement.
The first in a series of articles on how the Chancellor should approach the upcoming Spring Statement.
Closer engagement between government and the sector is vital to ensure we deliver the policies they need most.