Chancellor Philip Hammond said he’d take a “balanced approach” to his second Budget of 2017. Once again the speech was light on headline-grabbing finance changes and there were no ‘giveaways’ or major surprises. Instead, the chancellor focussed on measures to prepare the economy for post-Brexit life.
Read our summary of the Autumn Budget Report 2017 as announced on Wednesday 22 November.
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