, Hunt delivered a £55 billion package of tax rises and spending cuts in a bid to plug a substantial hole in the country's public finances and restore its fiscal credibility after a tumultuous year for the British economy.
An unexpectedly significant improvement in the country's fiscal position and falling wholesale natural gas prices have since propelled the government to a surprise budget surplus, while public sector borrowing has undershot expectations so far in 2023.aimed at the country's cost-of-living crisis and creaking public services, blighted in recent months by widespread industrial action.
Schools and travel will be heavily disrupted on Wednesday as teachers and rail workers go on strike, while civil servants and junior doctors are also walking out. Calls from some lawmakers within the ruling Conservative Party for radical action to reduce the country's tax burden, which sits at a 70-year high, are unlikely to be heeded in Hunt's first Spring Budget as he looks to further shore up the government's fiscal position.., which is still the only country in the G-7 to have recovered its lost output during the Covid-19 pandemic.., a scaled back version of a project introduced by former Prime Minister Liz Truss.The U.K.
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