The chancellor is unlikely to make giveaways next week, but he could offer more help with energy bills
If it’s headlines he’s after, Jeremy Hunt has a tough act to follow when he delivers his budget on 15 March. It would be quite something for the chancellor to make as big a splash as his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng did with his package of measures last September.
Hunt will not mind having a lower profile. If the budget makes a few ripples rather than sending a tsunami through the financial markets – as Kwarteng’s tax cuts did – then so much the better. Anybody expecting a giveaway package next week is certain to be disappointed.
