As with all Fiscal Events, the impact will depend upon two key elements: substance and sentiment.
Much has been written already about the political and economic backdrop to this week’s Spring Statement. The Government has been at pains to straddle the divide between those who say they have not gone far enough and those for whom these measures, especially on welfare, are several steps too far.
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With the results of the UK General Election appointing Keir Starmer as our new Prime Minister, leaving Labour victorious over the Conservative party, we take a look at our clients’ reactions and what they are urging the new Government to prioritise for the property industry.
At the start of the year, we announced our new Public Affairs offering ahead of what was predicted to be a big political year. Well, Rishi’s rainy announcement brought the biggest political event much sooner than anticipated. This week, the country will take to the polling stations to cast their vote for their local MP and by extension the governing party.
We are well and truly in the thick of the General Election now, with two weeks until the bell rings and the country descends on the polling station, there’s still plenty of time to change the minds of fickle voters.
The pollsters may be predicting a Labour win, but the Parties are fighting tooth and nail for every single ballot cast. Over the last week or so, manifestos were released with fanfare, polishing off pledges new and old.
And so, the starting gun has been fired. US Independence Day will see millions of us go to the polls for a general election to cast a verdict on who should govern us for the next 5 years.
All budgets are political. In an election year, especially so.
For the Government, the Chancellor decided to call back an old friend to help him out: Prudence. Whilst he and those on the green benches around him wanted to make a bigger bang, Prudence was whispering in his ear. Want even bigger tax cuts? Sorry, but Prudence says no. (But she might be persuadable in the years ahead if you ask her back).
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