Chancellor’s Budget ‘to Build a Fairer, Stronger and More Secure Britain’

City MP responds: A Budget which will build a stronger and more secure economy

Responding to today’s Budget from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South, Stephen Morgan MP, said: “Today’s Budget demonstrates that this Labour government is building a stronger and more secure economy. We are beating the forecasts with growth this year upgraded and wages are up more in the first year of this Government than the first decade under the Conservatives. But there is much more to do. That’s why th…

Chancellor’s Budget ‘to build a fairer, stronger and more secure Britain’

The Chancellor will deliver a Budget later today [26 November] that takes the fair and necessary choices to deliver on the Government’s mandate for change. It will include action to cut NHS waiting lists, cut debt and borrowing, and cut the cost of living to secure a strong future for the country, built on fairness and fuelled by growth. Action to keep prescription costs under £10 (in England – Ed.), freeze rail fares for the first time in 30 ye…