When Rachel Reeves announced her intention to hold just one “fiscal event” a year, there was much eye-rolling. Previous chancellors had made the same pledge, designed to encourage long-termism, but found it impossible to keep.
Reeves has just about done so – there will be no major tax changes in her Spring Statement today. But this is now an event far larger than the financial “update” that she originally planned.
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