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
Budget 2017: 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?
Philip Hammond will need to do more to win over millennial Britain
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