By Cate McCurry and Cillian Sherlock, PAThe Government is “committed” to running a full term, the Minister for Finance has said after announcing an early Budget. This year’s Budget will be delivered on October 1st, a week earlier than originally planned. Mr Chambers said October 1 became the “natural date” to hold the Budget, and denied that the change signalled an early general election. He said this was “laughable” as it would would leave Mr Chambers with less data to frame the Budget. Mr Chambers said: “What will set the wider budgetary and fiscal parameters is the Summer Economic Statement, which we will set out next week.

Source: The Herald July 04, 2024 14:09 UTC