A view from the market
At last year’s Autumn Statement, we recalled a children’s joke about an election elephant’s footprints in the butter. In today’s Budget that elephant seems to have covered its tracks. The overall package of measures was much smaller than had been thought possible and even those that were delivered left the OBR warning that the margin of safety was “only a tiny fraction of the risks around any forecast”. Financial markets were again unmoved and the betting market eased back on the odds given for an early election.
Read our tax analysis from the links opposite, and our full A view from the market article from the link below. Alternatively, you can download a copy of our complete Budget Highlights 2024 below.
Spring Budget 2024 highlights
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