It looked as if Philip Hammond faced a tough task in trying to find new sources of revenue in his November budget, to pay for the government’s funding boost for the NHS and other spending pressures. But an improvement in the public finances may have come just in time to save him.
It looked as if Philip Hammond faced a tough task in trying to find new sources of revenue in his November budget, to pay for the government’s funding boost for the NHS and other spending pressures. But an improvement in the public finances may have come just in time to save him.