Calum Rutter

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Recent articles

Calls for further tax u-turns following select committee evidence

A senior Conservative MP has suggested the government should row back on more of the tax cuts... Read more
Treasury confirms OBR forecast for October

An Office for Budget Responsibility forecast will be published this month as the chancellor listens... Read more
The UK ‘used to be trusted’ on aid but cuts risk permanent loss of status

Cutting the aid budget during the Covid-19 pandemic was “not a good signal” to the UK’s partners... Read more
Fitch puts UK on ‘negative’ outlook after mini budget

The “large and unfunded fiscal package” announced by Kwasi Kwarteng last month has been cited as... Read more
Audit costs will rise, authorities warned

The auditor pool for local government has been revealed – along with a warning that costs will rise.
Experts warn Kwarteng against ‘sugar rush’ growth

Kwasi Kwarteng’s hastily rewritten speech at the Conservative Party conference was packed with... Read more
Government to sit on OBR forecast for weeks

The Treasury has said the forecast it will receive from the Office for Budget Responsibility in... Read more
Crisis to lead to ‘Osbornomics, not Reaganomics’

The government is likely to make tens of billions of pounds of spending cuts in the next few years... Read more
‘Topsy turvy’ BoE announces intervention in bond market

An attempt to calm the market reaction to the government’s tax cut announcements illustrates the “... Read more
IMF and Moody’s sound warnings over tax cuts and borrowing

The government’s ‘Growth Plan’ risks weakening public finances, worsening inequality and leading to... Read more

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