Expected productivity downgrade to leave Britons facing additional tax rises of at least £8bn
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Expected productivity downgrade to leave Britons facing additional tax rises of at least £8bn
Expected productivity downgrade to leave Britons facing additional tax rises of at least £8bn
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Chancellor on course to miss targets and spending promises as finances plunge deeper into the red

Revision of major indicator would blow £20bn black hole in Chancellor’s headroom

Allan Monks, UK economist at JPMorgan, told the Financial Times that even shaving 0.1 or 0.2 per cent from productivity would…

A downgrade in the productivity figures could leave Reeves with a bigger fiscal gap

With public finances deteriorating at speed, a repeat of her maiden Budget is now almost certain

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