Spring Budget 2021 - An International Perspective
Rishi Sunak’s time as Chancellor of the Exchequer has hardly been plain sailing. His first Spring Budget came just as the UK began lockdown and the steepest recession in living memory; his second sees him attempting to find a balance between supporting the UK’s economic recovery, ‘levelling-up’ regions such as the North East and maintaining sustainable public finances, all while sticking to Conservative manifesto commitments not to raise the base rates of income tax, National Insurance or VAT.