Posted: 24 / 11 / 2016
Wednesday 23rd November 2016, Chancellor Philip Hammond presented his first Autumn Statement to the House of Commons, setting out the Conservative government’s plans for taxes, spending and borrowing, as the UK prepares for Brexit.
Here are the top tweets from the Autumn Statement:
Hammond: 'I am abolishing the Autumn Statement'
— Sedulo (@sedulogroup) November 23, 2016
The national living wage is rising from £7.20 to £7.50 from April 2017 #AutumnStatement
— Sedulo (@sedulogroup) November 23, 2016
#AutumnStatement Confirmed: corporation tax will fall to 17%
— Sedulo (@sedulogroup) November 23, 2016
Public spending projected to be 40% of GDP #AutumnStatement
— Sedulo (@sedulogroup) November 23, 2016
New £2.3bn Housing Infrastructure Fund for infrastructure for up to 100,000 new homes in high demand areas #AutumnStatement pic.twitter.com/Bnp0LUYM5c
— HM Treasury (@hmtreasury) November 23, 2016
Chancellor announces a £23 billion National Productivity Investment Fund #AutumnStatement pic.twitter.com/dHP8Nig8RH
— HM Treasury (@hmtreasury) November 23, 2016
Injecting an additional £400m into venture capital funds through the British Bank #AutumnStatement
— Sedulo (@sedulogroup) November 23, 2016
£1.1bn investment in local transport networks #AutumnStatement 🚄
— Sedulo (@sedulogroup) November 23, 2016
Hammond will create a new infrastructure investment fund #AutumnStatement
— Sedulo (@sedulogroup) November 23, 2016
#AutumnStatement Ed Balls joke #newcareer 💃
— Sedulo (@sedulogroup) November 23, 2016
#AutumnStatement Borrowing will be £59bn next year and £46bn in 2018/19
— Sedulo (@sedulogroup) November 23, 2016
Hammond: Public sector NET debt, as share of GDP to be falling by end of parliament
— Sedulo (@sedulogroup) November 23, 2016
#AutumnStatement Forecasts: Growth to be 2.15 in 2016 but in 2017 to 1.4%.
— Sedulo (@sedulogroup) November 23, 2016
15 minutes to go until the #AutumnStatement!
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— Sedulo (@sedulogroup) November 23, 2016