Missed chances and little to excite in Hunt’s first Budget

By Richard Steer2023-03-15T13:49:00

Today’s statement revealed a chancellor with few short-term solutions for whom survival to the next general election will be an achievement in itself

No one envies the chancellor of the exchequer. Trying to manage the UK economy against the backdrop of global pressures and an ever vocal Tory right wing must be a bit like trying to carry a delicate Ming vase, coated in olive oil, across an ice rink wearing stilettoes. One false move and it’s all going to end up in a hundred pieces.

Sadly, today’s Budget statement illustrated the art of offering hope in principle but actually doing very little to improve matters in reality.

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