I had been Chancellor of the Exchequer for barely a month when it fell to me to deliver the 2022 Autumn Statement, in which I had to tackle a nightmare £72billion black hole.
I had been Chancellor of the Exchequer for barely a month when it fell to me to deliver the 2022 Autumn Statement, in which I had to tackle a nightmare £72billion black hole.
The short-term necessity was to plug that gap; the longer-term goal was to create stability following the economic upheaval of Liz Truss’s brief period as prime minister and set the scene for growth.
Throughout my time as Chancellor of the Exchequer, the unravelling of Liz Truss's mini-Budget, the chaos of the markets and her…
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I don’t pretend the choices will be easy, but my budget has one focus: to invest in building a better future for everyone, says…
Peter Kyle likened the Chancellor's stewardship of the public finances to the late Mr Jobs' role at Apple when the company was on…
The chancellor is in a hole but now is the time to be bold and reshape the country — it’s the only chance she will get
