Sentences with phrase «autumn budget statement»

The new funding — part of the chancellor's autumn budget statement, a sort of half - year report on the U.K. economy — will be spent on big data and energy efficient computing, synthetic biology, energy storage, and advance materials, according to RCUK, the body that represents Britain's seven research councils.

This seems to be the case with the chancellor of the exchequer's autumn Budget statement.

Not exact matches

In fact, the public are not really paying attention any more; it is only the Budget and autumn statement that really gets cut - through to the voters.

Coming just after a disastrous Budget the autumn statement was originally seen to restore Osborne's reputation, although the news of the sell - off threatens to once again call the chancellor's abilities into question.

Osborne surprised critics during the autumn statement by announcing positive debt and deficit figures on the basis of the 4G auction this year, # 3.1 billion clawback from Swiss tax - dodging schemes next year and # 2.4 billion from ministerial budgets the year after that.

Of course, the party of government has more levers to pull and, historically, the budget and the (then) Autumn statement were key tools to drive attitude change.

Budgets and Autumn Statements always have an element of theatre and George has willingly succumbed to the temptation to pull a large white fluffy rabbit out of his hat at the end of each performance.

Shadow defence minister Kevan Jones told parliament that the government's pledge to ringfence the equipment budget meant there would be larger cuts on other areas and that the Conservative party had restricted how much they could spend with the «straitjacket» of the autumn statement.

Speaking of yawn, there's a lot of economic to and fro detailed here over a series of budgets, autumn statements and spending reviews that may be of interest to anoraks and historians but not the common reader.

In the autumn statement, usually a preview of what the next year's Budget will contain, the chancellor emphasised the need for rapid deficit reduction, as well as a focus on supply side economic policies like low interest rates and tax credits.

The first number below is what the Office for Budget Responsibility predicted at the time of the autumn statement, less than four months ago.

The measure, originally announced in the autumn statement, is now ready to be rolled out one day ahead of George Osborne's third Budget.

Today's autumn statement will likely see the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) downgrade all its expectations for the British economy, while chancellor George Osborne tries to reassure us that his new initiatives will make everything better.

Budgets and autumn statements are about politics as well as economics.

The ITV political editor predicted: «I wouldn't be at all surprised if this is the most dull budget of the 60 odd (if you include autumn statements) that it's been my joy and privilege to cover.»

Today's autumn statement saw the chancellor reveal the Office of Budget Responsibility's (OBR) forecasts for the year ahead.

Leslie, the MP for Nottingham East, asked the prime minister a question about whether Osborne had unwisely squandered the # 27bn forecasting windfall he was handed by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility in November's autumn statement.

The disaster of March and the omnishambles budget meant the bar was set low for George Osborne's autumn statement.

Robert Chote tells MPs he would not stake his reputation on the Office for Budget Responsibility's autumn statement predictions

The Tories» poll numbers have never recovered from the damage inflicted by that spring budget, so their minimal demand was an autumn statement that did no obvious further harm.

He announced dramatically that he was about to abolish the autumn statement, giving the impression he was about to resign, before simply switching to an autumn budget and spring statement.

Hammond also abolished the Autumn Statement, saying the main Budget statement will now move from the spring to the Autumn Statement, saying the main Budget statement will now move from the spring to the autumnautumn

The joint letter noted that unions want the government to restore pay levels to at least the levels that existed before the start of the pay restraint in 2010; give teachers a pay rise of five per cent in 2019 as a first step towards restoration; make teacher pay a priority in discussions within the government; and provide sufficient additional funding for this increase in teachers» pay in the chancellor's budget statement this autumn.