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  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    UK business & economy
    UK consumer confidence falls to lowest level since records began

    Mood gloomier than at height of pandemic or in 2008 financial crisis as inflation hits household pockets

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    UK public borrowing falls as economy bounces back from pandemic

    Higher tax receipts boost government finances

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    UK government borrowing halves as economy rebounds from lockdowns

    Economists say strong tax receipts give the chancellor more scope to address cost of living crisis

  • Friday, 25 March, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    No winners in Rishi Sunak’s fiscal drag race

    Higher inflation and frozen income tax thresholds undermine attempts to cut tax

  • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
    Spring Statement
    Chancellor’s tax savings offset by changes to student loan repayments

    Economists warn that Spring Statement benefits older generations at expense of younger graduates

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    News in-depthSpring Statement
    Chancellor provides minimal help to households on cost of living crisis

    Sunak focuses on banking tax revenues ready for giveaways in run-up to next election

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    Spring Statement
    Public finance windfall for Sunak ahead of Spring Statement

    Inflation and higher employment push up UK tax receipts

  • Monday, 7 March, 2022
    InterviewHedge funds
    UK must borrow to improve ‘depressing’ growth outlook, says hedge fund boss

    Head of Caxton, one of world’s oldest macro funds, and Tory donor warns Labour is ‘no longer unelectable’

  • Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
    UK public finances vulnerable to higher inflation, says Sunak

    Chancellor warns tough decisions on interest rates may be needed in coming months

  • Tuesday, 22 February, 2022
    UK public sector borrowing lower than forecast in first 10 months of fiscal year

    Stronger than expected tax receipts outweigh rising interest payments

  • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
    Lower public borrowing gives Sunak room to stall national insurance rise

    ONS data show UK net borrowing nearly half of that in same period the year before

  • Friday, 7 January, 2022
    News in-depthUK politics & policy
    No easy fixes for Sunak to tackle cost-of-living crunch

    Chancellor’s allies say he acknowledges something will have to be done

  • Thursday, 30 December, 2021
    News in-depthUK local government finance
    Local authorities in England grapple with audit crisis

    Legacy of austerity has left councils struggling to account for spending despite extra pandemic funding

  • Tuesday, 21 December, 2021
    UK public borrowing falls as furlough scheme comes to an end

    Savings offset in part by higher spending on vaccination programme

  • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
    FT CollectionsUK Budget autumn 2021: essential reading
    Sunak delivers ‘tax, save and spend’ Budget after improved forecasts

    Chancellor divides bounty between shoring up public finances and increasing spending on public services

  • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
    Martin Wolf
    Reality bites as Tories embrace big-state, fiscal conservatism

    The government has bowed to pressures for higher taxes, predominantly to protect the old

  • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
    UK public borrowing falls by more than expected

    September figures hand chancellor Rishi Sunak a boost ahead of next week’s Budget

  • Monday, 11 October, 2021
    Rishi Sunak faces difficult public finances at Budget, IFS warns

    Think-tank says there will be little extra money available for UK government departments

  • Sunday, 3 October, 2021
    Martin Wolf
    It is time to lop off the dead hand of the Treasury

    Politicians should consider radical alternatives to managing an unpleasant normality

  • Tuesday, 21 September, 2021
    UK public debt interest payments hit August record after inflation rise

    Overall borrowing is slightly down but higher than economists’ forecast

  • Saturday, 11 September, 2021
    Nicholas Macpherson
    Raising UK national insurance levy is good politics but bad economics

    Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced more than £40bn of tax increases this year, nearly two-thirds of which will be borne by business

  • Monday, 6 September, 2021
    UK social care
    Boris Johnson to unveil £10bn-a-year tax rise to fund NHS and social care

    Prime minister prepares to defy furious Tory critics over national insurance increase

  • Thursday, 2 September, 2021
    Chris Giles
    Rishi Sunak has strong fiscal cards waiting to be played

    It is unwise and unnecessary for the UK to return to pre-pandemic levels of public spending in 2022-2023

  • Friday, 20 August, 2021
    Disrupted Times
    Retailers become bullish as shoppers return

    US consumers remain pessimistic as Delta variant spreads

  • Friday, 20 August, 2021
    UK public finances beat expectations as economy picks up

    Public sector net borrowing in July was second highest on record but about half the level of a year earlier

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