Peter Hoskin

The Pre-Budget Divide

As an addendum to James’s post earlier on potential tensions between No.10 and the Treasury, this from Benedict Brogan:

“I hear persistent reports that No10 took so long to fix the date for the PBR because it tried with some difficulty to persuade the Chancellor to go for a thumping great tax giveaway.

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