Date set for the Budget

THE FIRST post-election Budget will be delivered on November 22, Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced.

Confirming the date in a Twitter video message, Mr Hammond said it would be an opportunity for the Government to “set out our thinking on how to keep the economy strong and resilient and fair”.

A key event in the Parliamentary calendar, it will be the first Budget to take place in the autumn for two decades, as the Treasury moves to abolish the Spring Budget. It will also be the first Budget since the June snap election, which left many Tory MPs calling for an easing of the austerity agenda.