Chancellor Philip Hammond set his stall out to "build the foundations for a stronger, fairer, more global Britain" but as expected did not loosen the Treasury purse strings.
He told a packed House of Commons that "the only responsible course of action is to continue with our plan", ensuring his Budget speech was light on surprises.
Delivering his first and last Spring Budget - the annual event is being rescheduled to the autumn to enable greater time to prepare ahead of the... 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...
