Osborne ‘backs small business’ but warns of EU uncertainty
The Chancellor opened his Budget with some stark warnings: that financial markets are “turbulent”, western productivity growth is “low” and the outlook for the global economy is “weak”.
“It makes for a dangerous cocktail of risks,” he warned, adding it was one that Britain is “well-prepared to handle, if we act now so we don’t pay later”.
He said his eighth Budget was one to “choose to put stability first and lead the world with long term solutions to long term problems” and to “make Britain fit for the f... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
