Autumn Budget 'highly constrained' by Brexit negotiations - Vince Cable

Speaking at TISA conference

Victoria McKeever
clock • 3 min read

Chancellor Philip Hammond has little room for manoeuvre in the Autumn Budget due to the constraints of Brexit negotiations, Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable has said.

Speaking at the Tax Incentivised Savings Association (TISA) annual conference, Cable (pictured) said what happens in the Budget tomorrow will be "massively coloured" by Brexit and warned long-term policies were being ignored as the negotiations "sucked the life" out of government. "What happens in the Budget is massively coloured by what is happening in the context of Brexit for several reasons," said Cable (pictured). "The Chancellor's own political position is highly constrained by the position he has taken up on the Brexit negotiations," he continued. "We have had a tradition with ...

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