Remember being told to ‘wait until your father gets home’ or sitting outside the headmaster’s office? And then, when they arrive, you get a cheery greeting and some sweets or pocket money, not the expected dressing down? A relief, though you know in the pit of your stomach there will eventually be hell to pay. We were all expecting the worst from an Autumn Budget. Instead, we’ll get some, hopefully livelihood-saving. goodies. But rest assured, there’s a beating to come….
“Jeremy Hunt waves through biggest tax burden since war in spring budget 2023”
It may have seemed a Bland Budget, but that’s because Hunt got all the nasties out of the way in the Autumn Statement, in the hope, I guess, that we’ll have forgotten all about them by the time they hit us.