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Podcast: Beyond Currency
Episode: 16 March 2023 - Budget for pensions and childcare
Description: Jeremy Hunt delivered a Budget yesterday in which he lent heavily on outside agencies opinions on the UK economy for validation of the Government’s strategy for a revival of growth post-pandemic and post Brexit.
The IMF, which had been severely critical of the plans put forward by Liz Truss during her brief term as Prime Minister, commented recently that the strategy that the country is following will, in time, reap the rewards of steady, if not spectacular growth and controlled inflation.
The Chancellor made two bold statements that formed the cornerstones of the entire presentation. Again leaning heavily on th...