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31 May 19
A cross-party group of UK MPs has called on the chancellor to seek an agreement for a ‘registry of loans’ to governments at this month’s G20 meeting.
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12 Feb 19
The chancellor’s claim that the Brexit agreement would bring a ‘deal dividend’ to keep taxes low and support public services is “not credible”, a group of MPs has said.
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14 Jan 19
The chancellor and the home secretary have set up a taskforce to tackle economic crime.
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31 Oct 18
Abolishing future private finance initiatives was more about grabbing headlines than actual change, a public services commentator has told PF.
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24 Oct 18
Plans to end austerity will cost £31bn over the next five years, a think-tank has estimated.
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1 Oct 18
The government will secure a Brexit deal that will create a ‘dividend’ to keep taxes low and support public services, the chancellor told the Conservative conference today.
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23 Apr 18
Chancellor Philip Hammond has urged meetings of the G7 and International Monetary Fund in Washington to increase action against ‘dirty money’ used to fund rogue regimes and illicit activity.
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13 Mar 18
The economy is expected to grow more strongly than expected this year and the public finances will continue on the road to recovery, chancellor Philip Hammond revealed in his inaugural Spring...
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12 Mar 18
Tomorrow’s spring statement is likely to show an improved economic position but this should be treated with caution, rival think-tanks have agreed.
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30 Oct 17
The chancellor is facing calls to increase government spending on the NHS and the police ahead of next month’s Budget.
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30 Oct 17
The government’s aim for a budget surplus by the mid 2020s may be “no longer sensible” amid current weak economic forecasts, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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18 Sep 17
The chancellor could be planning to cut tuition fees saving students around £5,000 for the cost of their degree, according to reports.
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31 Jul 17
Britain will not lower taxes far below the European average to be competitive, Philip Hammond has told a French newspaper.
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15 Mar 17
Chancellor Philip Hammond has put on hold plans to increase the rate of National Insurance contributions for self-employed people announced in the spring Budget last week.
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9 Mar 17
There was some welcome news for public services in Philip Hammond’s spring Budget, but also quite a lot of “wait and see”
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8 Mar 17
This was a “warm-up” Budget, with many key decisions deferred, delayed or scheduled for review. The chancellor may yet regret this lack of decisiveness
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8 Mar 17
The spring Budget promised a review of taxation on North Sea assets aimed at maximising exploitation of remaining oil reserves, and on the extra £350m of “Barnett consequentials”...
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8 Mar 17
There were no big surprises in this Budget and little sense of any solutions to intractable policy problems. The chancellor should beware of trying to micromanage from the centre
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8 Mar 17
Local authorities are to share a £300m pot for discretionary business rate reliefs to help firms facing higher bills due to next month’s revaluation of the levy, chancellor Philip Hammond...
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6 Mar 17
A small number of local authorities are to blame for half of all delayed discharges in the NHS, chancellor Philip Hammond said as he indicated this week’s Budget could provide targeted cash to tackle...
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20 Feb 17
The chancellor can expect borrowing figures to be lower than expected when the Office for Budget Responsibility makes its forecast ahead of the spring Budget, the EY Item Club has said.
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17 Feb 17
Small business have urged chancellor Philip Hammond to use next month’s Budget to provide them with transition support amid mounting concerns about the impact of April’s business rate...
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8 Feb 17
The pace of government spending cuts is set to quicken under Philip Hammond’s plans to move the public finances into surplus, according to an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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5 Dec 16
With rifts in cabinet and country over Brexit, and rumours about the chancellor being sidelined, questions are being asked over the size of the Treasury’s influence
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25 Nov 16
In his first fiscal set piece, the new chancellor needed to paint a picture of a financially confident Britain but this was not an encouraging Autumn Statement