What does the Autumn 2021 Budget mean for design?

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s March 2021 Budget promised to be the last delivered under coronavirus lockdown. Today’s Budget and spending review comes with its own milestone: Sunak says the British economy has recovered to close to pre-pandemic levels, with GDP just 0.8% below where it was in early 2020.
However the announcement comes at a time when the country is seeing the most severe shortage of workers and materials seen since the 1970s. Additionally, rising inflation is contributing