12-10-2017 08:01 via huffingtonpost.co.uk

Philip Hammond Planning A 'Safety-First' Budget With No Giveaways

Philip Hammond is planning to deliver a “safety-first” budget with no giveaways for younger voters, HuffPost UK has learned.
The Chancellor is set to ignore calls from colleagues who want to see the public spending taps turned on in his November statement.
Last month, the Chancellor urged his colleagues to send him ideas on how to attract the millions of under 47s who shunned the Tories in the General Election.
Messages on housing and education costs seemed to be getting through to
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