Autumn statement: what to expect, what they're not saying, and the traps for Labour

By Steve Schifferes, Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City, University of London

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s budget on Wednesday, November 22 will put into place a major piece of the Conservative party’s strategy for the general election – the plan to turn the economy around and tackle the cost of living crisis. But with just over a year to go before an election must be called, will the measures be too little, too late?

The government certainly derived some satisfaction from last month’s fall in the UK rate of annual inflation to 4.6%, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak quickly taking…

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