This was a budget designed to bolster the Government’s reputation for sound economic management and to make Labour’s plans for a looser fiscal stance look irresponsible. In 2015/16, the sum total of the Chancellor’s measures actually raised a small amount of revenue. One consequence of the planned continuation of fiscal austerity is that interest rates are surely set to remain very low for an extended period.
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