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How does Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget affect voters in the Red Wall?
Are the Chancellor’s tax-and-spend plans better for traditional Conservative constituencies or new Tory voters in the north and Midlands?
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Who were the winners from Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget?
The Chancellor increased public spending in the hope that the economy will continue to bounce back from Covid and Brexit.
Why there could be trouble ahead for Rishi Sunak
Many Tory MPs are at best uneasy and at worst actively disgusted by much of this Budget.
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Rishi Sunak may yet have to raise taxes again, not cut them
If the Chancellor’s economic optimism proves misplaced, he will have to raise taxes or cut spending to meet his fiscal…
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Rachel Reeves’s Budget response shows she can compensate for Keir Starmer’s weaknesses
The shadow chancellor’s commanding performance proved that Labour needs a co-leadership.
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Who will benefit from Rishi Sunak’s Universal Credit taper rate cut in the Budget?
More than 60 per cent of Universal Credit claimants will not benefit from the change and will feel the full…
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The most important graphs on Rishi Sunak’s Budget
Our analysis shows the Chancellor’s spending increases will do little to compensate for the austerity of the last decade.
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