If only all we middle-aged Brits had Philip Hammond’s millions | Barbara Ellen

Does the chancellor actually believe that everyone his age has paid off their mortgage and got a fabulous pension?Philip Hammond was not, as accused, “boasting” that he doesn’t have the same money troubles as the younger generation. Even if these comments did unfortunately coincide with a nurses’ march about low pay, Hammond, worth a reputed eight million, wasn’t “boasting”, but being unusually open about not having the slightest clue about the difficult