Chancellor vows budget will deliver strong economy
Rishi Sunak has claimed his budget will deliver a stronger economy fit for a new age of optimism.
In comments released by the Treasury ahead of the chancellor's address to MPs in the Commons on Wednesday, Mr Sunak said the budget will commence the work of preparing for a new economy post-COVID.
An economy of higher wages, higher skills, and rising productivity. Of strong public services, vibrant communities and safer streets, he said. An economy fit for a new age of optimism. That is the stronger economy of the future.
Much of the contents of the chancellor's economic set piece are already known, following a raft of announcements in recent days. Extra funding for the NHS, more money for local transport, an end to the public sector pay freeze and rises in the national living wage and m...