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Public sector debt forecasts raised, more funds for affordable housing
Implications for pensions, property, tax, non-doms, savings and investments
Autumn Statement sets aside fiscal war chest but additional borrowing will prolong austerity
Estimated Brexit costs of £58bn but chancellor finds room for spending by pushing out deficit reduction
Only on the face of it is Hammond’s debut all about economics not politics
Tory Eurosceptics claim Autumn Statement based on ‘worthless assumptions’
Hammond has not set the Thames on fire. But that is the last thing the UK needs
The absence of ideology and gimmickry in the chancellor’s debut is encouraging
The UK chancellor even abolished this chance to grandstand
Unflappable chancellor talks passengers through the storms ahead
The UK chancellor sets out to please a slim Conservative majority
Chancellor’s letter to candidates aims to forestall arms race of spending promises
Stern critic of chancellor welcomes Wentworth Woodhouse ‘gimmick’
The UK chancellor’s shift to fiscal policy is welcome and long overdue
Fractious MPs find little to quibble with in Hammond’s Autumn Statement
Debate over whether agents will charge owners for bills previously paid by tenants
Chancellor and prime minister are players in a rivalry to pull the economic strings
The days of higher-rate reliefs are numbered — whatever the Treasury says
Where the chancellor has some luck and how there was a sense of déjà vu this week
May’s ministers accused of using EU exit turbulence as excuse for economic failures
The ideologically driven assault on the OBR’s sober professionalism is disgraceful
IFS says real wages will be lower in 2021 than in 2008
Ageing population and austerity cuts are creating a crisis, say local authorities
Chief says productivity is biggest uncertainty in fiscal watchdog’s forecasts
The UK’s opposition party is failing to get its message across, writes Sebastian Payne
Chancellor’s ban on tenant charges to hit growth area for agents
Government under pressure to help the hard-pressed
‘No plans’ for reform amid speculation top-rate taxpayers would be targeted
Concerns government bonds will struggle as 10 per cent jump in total issuance looms
Pledges include funding for transport, internet and energy projects
Austerity to last until 2020-21 with little spare cash for ‘Jams’
Paul Johnson, Bronwyn Curtis and Gerard Lyons give their verdict on Autumn Statement
