Will Osborne’s big squeeze really happen?

Large parts of the Budget were clearly aimed solely at repairing the damage that the OBR’s new economic forecasts did to the Chancellor’s chances of meeting his fiscal target. That said, there is clearly a big question mark over whether Mr Osborne really intends to introduce the extra fiscal tightening that he has now pencilled in for 2019/20.

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