That’s magic: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt pulls his rabbit out of the hat
Small steps for financial mankind. That was my immediate verdict on Wednesday’s Autumn Statement – and despite much reflection in my local pub since, it hasn’t changed four days on (the landlady, by the way, is delighted with the freeze on alcohol duty).
While Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt rightly focused on measures designed to re-energise the UK economy, there were welcome – and unexpected – tax