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Spring forecast 2026 - key updates on the UK economy

Overall, the Spring Forecast 2026 provides a clearer picture of where the UK economy is heading, highlighting both the progress made and the challenges that remain. Whilst no new changes were ...

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Tax burden heading to ‘uncharted territory’ with risk to growth, OBR warns

Budget responsibility committee member Professor David Miles said there was ‘clearly a risk’ in the historically high tax burden.

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What will Rachel Reeves’s spring forecast mean for household finances?

The chancellor promises more money in people’s pockets, but the Iran crisis makes steeper inflation a pressing worry ...

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Reeves insists economic plan working in 'uncertain' world as UK growth forecast lowered for 2026

The chancellor says in her Spring Statement that unemployment will peak later this year and then fall every year of the forecast period until 2030.

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