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| A guide to the Guardian's full autumn statement coverage A guide to the Guardian's full autumn statement coverage | |
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| Full details | Full details |
| The autumn statement a glance: 26 key pointsOur full guide, with political analysis | The autumn statement a glance: 26 key pointsOur full guide, with political analysis |
| Analysis | Analysis |
| More Fifty Shades of Grey than Pride and PrejudiceLarry Elliott: A dysfunctional economy meant the chancellor, Philip Hammond, largely dispensed with political theatre | More Fifty Shades of Grey than Pride and PrejudiceLarry Elliott: A dysfunctional economy meant the chancellor, Philip Hammond, largely dispensed with political theatre |
| A hard times chancellor with little to give awayAnne Perkins: Philip Hammond’s funereal demeanour suited a man with few rabbits in his hat | A hard times chancellor with little to give awayAnne Perkins: Philip Hammond’s funereal demeanour suited a man with few rabbits in his hat |
| Chancellor spreads giveaways thinly for Britain’s ‘Jams’Patrick Collinson: The ‘just about managing’ were the focus before autumn statement, but their gains are outweighed by rising bills and prices | Chancellor spreads giveaways thinly for Britain’s ‘Jams’Patrick Collinson: The ‘just about managing’ were the focus before autumn statement, but their gains are outweighed by rising bills and prices |
| Chancellor’s looser finance targets highlight weaker UK economyPhillip Inman: City analysts say Philip Hammond’s measures are sensible as Britain faces challenging years of Brexit negotiations | Chancellor’s looser finance targets highlight weaker UK economyPhillip Inman: City analysts say Philip Hammond’s measures are sensible as Britain faces challenging years of Brexit negotiations |
| Economists’ verdict | Economists’ verdict |
| What the economists saySix experts give their verdict on Phillip Hammond’s speech and the Office for Budget Responsibility’s new forecasts | What the economists saySix experts give their verdict on Phillip Hammond’s speech and the Office for Budget Responsibility’s new forecasts |
| The Guardian’s verdict | The Guardian’s verdict |
| The autumn statement: half right, half wrongFreed from Europe, Philip Hammond will be able to pursue an industrial strategy. But he also needs a redistributive state, which Brexit makes harder to afford | The autumn statement: half right, half wrongFreed from Europe, Philip Hammond will be able to pursue an industrial strategy. But he also needs a redistributive state, which Brexit makes harder to afford |
| The IFS verdict | The IFS verdict |
| Thinktank warns of biggest squeeze on pay for 70 years as Brexit grips UK economyInstitute for Fiscal Studies says UK’s withdrawal from EU will stoke inflation and peg back wages to below their 2008 level in 2021 | Thinktank warns of biggest squeeze on pay for 70 years as Brexit grips UK economyInstitute for Fiscal Studies says UK’s withdrawal from EU will stoke inflation and peg back wages to below their 2008 level in 2021 |
| The economy | The economy |
| Philip Hammond admits Brexit vote means £122bn extra borrowingLabour describes long-term economic plan as an abject failure after chancellor uses autumn statement to defer the balancing of the books | Philip Hammond admits Brexit vote means £122bn extra borrowingLabour describes long-term economic plan as an abject failure after chancellor uses autumn statement to defer the balancing of the books |
| In charts | In charts |
| Eight charts to help you understand the autumn statementWhat you need to know from the OBR’s latest forecasts, from the government spending deficit to GDP growth | Eight charts to help you understand the autumn statementWhat you need to know from the OBR’s latest forecasts, from the government spending deficit to GDP growth |
| Housing | Housing |
| Housing gets £4bn boost to increase number of new homesGovernment aims to build 40,000 additional affordable homes by 2021 – but OBR says it expects 13,000 fewer homes to be built over next five years | Housing gets £4bn boost to increase number of new homesGovernment aims to build 40,000 additional affordable homes by 2021 – but OBR says it expects 13,000 fewer homes to be built over next five years |
| The view from Lancaster | The view from Lancaster |
| ‘It’s all right for the big boys’: Lancaster’s traders react to the autumn statementSmall business owners in the Brexit-voting English city respond to the measures Philip Hammond announced | ‘It’s all right for the big boys’: Lancaster’s traders react to the autumn statementSmall business owners in the Brexit-voting English city respond to the measures Philip Hammond announced |
| The public response | The public response |
| ‘Politicians don’t have a clue’: people respond to the autumn statementFrom a Deliveroo driver to a teacher, we asked people for their take on the chancellor’s pronouncements | ‘Politicians don’t have a clue’: people respond to the autumn statementFrom a Deliveroo driver to a teacher, we asked people for their take on the chancellor’s pronouncements |
| ‘I worry about money all the time’: the Jam reality in BirminghamThe households Theresa May promised to help in her first speech on the steps of Downing Street are waiting nervously | ‘I worry about money all the time’: the Jam reality in BirminghamThe households Theresa May promised to help in her first speech on the steps of Downing Street are waiting nervously |