UK faces new £20bn budget black hole –as it happened

Weak productivity and Brexit uncertainty make it hard for chancellor Philip Hammond to see tax cuts or spending increases in next month’s Budget UK deficit to heighten pressure on chancellor
Introduction: IFS report gives Hammond a headache
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