Budget 2017
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UK debt ‘will not fall to pre-2008 levels for 50 years’
In Depth Resolution Foundation condemns two decades of wage stagnation and says productivity worst since Napoleonic War
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Budget 2017: stamp duty tax cut will ‘drive up prices’
Speed Read Budget watchdog says Chancellor's plan to help first-time buyers will mainly benefit existing homeowners
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Budget 2017: Best Twitter reaction
In Depth Politicians, journalists and voters weigh in on the contents of Philip Hammond’s Red Box
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Budget 2017 summary: stamp duty down, diesel tax up and (a bit) more cash for the NHS
In Depth Highlights and instant analysis as the Chancellor presents his second Budget of 2017
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Budget 2017: grim growth forecast eclipses Hammond giveaways
In Depth Chancellor offers extra £3bn for Brexit, £2.8bn for NHS in England, and a mea culpa on Universal Credit
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‘Millennial’ railcard due to launch in 2018
Speed Read New digital-only card will knock a third of rail travel for 26- to 30-year-olds
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Budget 2017: what’s in Hammond’s red box?
In Depth In Depth: Chancellor weighs changes to corporate tax, student loans and pensions
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Budget 2017: Philip Hammond pledges to build 300,000 homes a year
Speed Read But the Chancellor was criticised for saying ‘there are no unemployed people in the UK’
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Labour sets outs ‘emergency budget’ for public services
In Depth John McDonnell pledges to spend an extra £17bn a year on the NHS, social care, schools and local government
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