Christmas appeared to come early for the Chancellor last week. On Monday, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) published its revised economic forecasts, and, broadly speaking, endorsed the Chancellor’s view that the Government’s planned tax rises and public spending cuts would not derail the economic recovery. Last week’s improvement in the economic data may have also given the Chancellor some cause for cheer.
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