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Jeremy Hunt may be a safe pair of hands but Britain’s economic prospects remain bleak

22 Mar Economy

Jeremy Hunt may be a safe pair of hands but Britain’s economic prospects remain bleak

The backdrop to last week’s Budget was particularly difficult for the Chancellor. It is harder for him to deliver a falling debt to GDP ratio than for any of his successors since 2010, when the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) was first set up.