Jason Hollands offers his thoughts on an Autumn Statement that was, compared with offerings from the previous Chancellor, markedly free from rabbits being pulled from hats
Chancellor Philip Hammond's first - and last - Autumn Statement was, in both style and content, a marked contrast to those of his politically calculating predecessor George Osborne. The previous Chancellor never failed to pull a ‘rabbit out of the hat' with surprise, headline-grabbing initiatives and a penchant for persistent tinkering with pensions, ISAs and other investments schemes. From a personal finance perspective, however, there were no (major) rabbits leaping out of this Autumn Statement - though a minor bunny did appear in the form of a new three-year NS&I bond on the way that ...
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