Reading the papers this morning I was struck by an uncanny feeling that I had gone to bed last night, slept for a week and woken the morning after the budget. What else could explain the detailed accounts of the chancellor’s intentions that are just about everywhere today? Depending on where you look, Rishi Sunak’s difficult second album will either be a “spring booster for the UK”, a “cash-grab”, or — and this might be the worst thing any newspaper has said about the chancellor in just over a year in the job — “two big slices of bread with very thin jam”. SponsoredEach description tells you more about the interlocking challenges Sunak faces next Wednesday. First there’s the job he sees as

Source: The Times February 25, 2021 09:03 UTC