27+ favourite things people said about the budget
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- 16 Mar 2023
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Jeremy Hunt‘s first normally scheduled budget – or Spring Statement – has happened, after his emergency Autumn Statement undid some of the harm from Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng‘s economy-ruining mini budget.
He referenced that bit of firefighting, without qualification.
Ahead of the Commons statement, we knew much of what to expect – due to leaks of things like keeping the energy price guarantee for three more months and expanding eligibility for childcare.
Hunt introduced his four Es – Enterprise, Employment, Education and Everywhere, with ‘everywhere’ presumably having been bunged on the end because it’s a lot trickier to say ‘three Es’.
‘Environment’ was right there for the taking, but instead he declared nuclear power sustainable. Read More…
