There were some welcome announcements in today’s budget, most notably the retention of the £2,500 energy cap and reforms to childcare including the proposed extension of 30 hours free childcare to all children between 9 months and 5 years old.
Jeremy Hunt has presented his first budget to the house today. Here’s our summary of the announcements.
It has been just over three weeks since Kwasi Kwarteng’s emergency budget on 23 September, and what a three weeks it has been. This sets out the announcements made on 23 September and indicates which have been withdrawn and which remain. It is up-to-date as at 2pm on 17 October – beyond that who can say!
