Budget Sketch: David Parkin on the aspirations of the Chancellor
THEY say when you are in a hole, stop digging.
George Osborne, faced with huge pressures in today's Budget, decided to throw away his shovel and jump aboard a digger.
The Chancellor's Help to Buy scheme is a boost to the long-suffering housebuilding sector and would-be homebuyers frustrated by a housing market frozen by a lack of decent mortgage deals.
Faced with severe limitations on what he could do to sweeten things in the Budget, it was universally recognised that Mr Osborne couldn't pull any rabbits from his ... 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...
