Tuesday 22 September 2026 5:15 am  |  Updated:  Monday 21 September 2026 6:01 pm

Will our fiscal psychodrama never end?

By: Christian May

Editor in Chief

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I’m sure it wasn’t always like this. There was a time, really not that long ago in the grand scheme of things, when trying to predict the contents of an upcoming Budget was limited to dedicated policy wonks and Westminster’s most dogged journalists. These days, fiscal speculation is a major occupation for several months of the year.

With the public finances shot to pieces by Covid, Budgets........

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