FT Series

Budget 2017

Opinion focus: On Wednesday Philip Hammond presented his Budget. He was praised for his delivery, but the economic outlook looks gloomy. Here’s the best of this week’s comment and analysis on the chancellor’s fiscal footwork.

Business must steer growth and Brexit agendas

UK trade groups lack unity and struggle to represent employers’ views to government

Hammond passes up a chance to be radical

The British chancellor played it safe but could still prove to be his party’s saviour

Lex in depth: The false promise of a UK building boom

What if a lack of homes is not the real problem?

Hammond will need more to win over millennials

The chancellor delivers some welcome measures in his Budget, writes Sebastian Payne

The chancellor plays his bad hand cleverly

Hammond could do little else in the face of fiscal constraints and grim economic prospects

The chancellor extends a cash-at-crises cycle

Philip Hammond is trying to clear up a mess but his efforts are likely to be in vain

Background to the Budget is wobbly public finances

We are still not living within our means and long-term debt levels remain unsustainable

Hammond’s critics lack the experience to know better

Any chancer can win an audience to rail against Britain’s faulty economic model