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The autumn statement a glance: 26 key points
Our full guide, with political analysis
Analysis
More Fifty Shades of Grey than Pride and Prejudice
Larry Elliott: A dysfunctional economy meant the chancellor, Philip Hammond, largely dispensed with political theatre
A hard times chancellor with little to give away
Anne Perkins: Philip Hammond’s funereal demeanour suited a man with few rabbits in his hat
Chancellor spreads giveaways thinly for Britain’s ‘Jams’
Patrick Collinson: The ‘just about managing’ were the focus before autumn statement, but their gains are outweighed by rising bills and prices
Chancellor’s looser finance targets highlight weaker UK economy
Phillip Inman: City analysts say Philip Hammond’s measures are sensible as Britain faces challenging years of Brexit negotiations
Economists’ verdict
What the economists say
Six experts give their verdict on Phillip Hammond’s speech and the Office for Budget Responsibility’s new forecasts
The Guardian’s verdict
The autumn statement: half right, half wrong
Freed from Europe, Philip Hammond will be able to pursue an industrial strategy. But he also needs a redistributive state, which Brexit makes harder to afford
The IFS verdict
Thinktank warns of biggest squeeze on pay for 70 years as Brexit grips UK economy
Institute for Fiscal Studies says UK’s withdrawal from EU will stoke inflation and peg back wages to below their 2008 level in 2021
The economy
Philip Hammond admits Brexit vote means £122bn extra borrowing
Labour describes long-term economic plan as an abject failure after chancellor uses autumn statement to defer the balancing of the books
In charts
Eight charts to help you understand the autumn statement
What you need to know from the OBR’s latest forecasts, from the government spending deficit to GDP growth
Housing
Housing gets £4bn boost to increase number of new homes
Government aims to build 40,000 additional affordable homes by 2021 – but OBR says it expects 13,000 fewer homes to be built over next five years
The view from Lancaster
‘It’s all right for the big boys’: Lancaster’s traders react to the autumn statement
Small business owners in the Brexit-voting English city respond to the measures Philip Hammond announced
The public response
‘Politicians don’t have a clue’: people respond to the autumn statement
From a Deliveroo driver to a teacher, we asked people for their take on the chancellor’s pronouncements
‘I worry about money all the time’: the Jam reality in Birmingham
The households Theresa May promised to help in her first speech on the steps of Downing Street are waiting nervously
