Reeves urged to go further on pubs package after £4bn bond boost

Analysts at Capital Economics said the fall means the Chancellor’s headroom to balance the books had increased by roughly £3.7bn from £21.7bn to £25.4bn

Alex Kerr, a UK economist at the consultancy Capital Economics, said the rise in bank deposits could reflect people reorganising their finances in anticipation of tax changes in Reeves’s budget...

Alex Kerr, UK economist at Capital Economics, said that it had been a “disappointing end to a soft year”, adding: “December’s [monthly] decline rounds off a tough year for the housing market and...