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What the Spring Budget really means for your wallet
The Explainer From tax cuts to child benefit changes, here's how the chancellor's latest fiscal update could affect your finances
By Marc Shoffman, The Week UK Published
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Five things to watch out for in Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget
The Explainer Economic case for tax cuts is 'weak', warns the Institute for Fiscal Studies
By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Published
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Nadhim Zahawi: the former chancellor with a ‘careless’ tax problem
Why Everyone’s Talking About Tory chair’s situation is ‘terminal’, says ex-cabinet member
By Sorcha Bradley Last updated
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Is Brexit to blame for the current financial crisis?
Talking Point Some economists say leaving the EU is behind Britain’s worsening finances but others question the data
By The Week Staff Published
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Quiz of The Week: 12 - 19 November
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
By Sorcha Bradley Published
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Kwasi Kwarteng: the 38-day chancellor
Why Everyone’s Talking About Mini-budget triggers departure of Liz Truss’s closest ally after less than six weeks in Exchequer role
By Arion McNicoll Last updated
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What would it take for Liz Truss to reverse tax cuts?
Today's Big Question PM defends controversial £45bn economic package as necessary to ‘get the economy moving’
By Sorcha Bradley Published
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Mini-budget 2022: Kwasi Kwarteng’s ‘growth plan’ in seven bullet points
feature The chancellor has insisted his changes will make the tax system ‘simpler and fairer’
By Arion McNicoll Published
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What can we expect from Friday’s mini-budget?
Today's Big Question The chancellor is likely to announce a raft of tax cuts to try to stimulate growth
By Richard Windsor Published
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Who is eligible for the July cost-of-living payment?
feature Some vulnerable households to receive first cost-of-living payment today
By The Week Staff Last updated
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Sajid Javid: the ‘rags to riches to politics’ Tory leader contender
Why Everyone’s Talking About Former health secretary got an ‘early start’ on the ‘leadership jostling’
By Julia O'Driscoll Last updated
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‘Will Rishi Sunak jump, or will he be pushed?’
Instant Opinion Your digest of analysis from the British and international press
By The best columns Published
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Quiz of The Week: 21 - 27 May
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
By The Week Staff Published
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The details of Rishi Sunak’s cost-of-living crisis plan
feature New support package will be partly funded by a temporary windfall tax on oil and gas companies
By Sorcha Bradley Published
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