Osborne ‘backs small business’ but warns of EU uncertainty

THE Chancellor gave some stark warnings for the year ahead, saying that  financial markets remained “turbulent”, western productivity growth “low” and the outlook for the global economy was “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 wi... 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...