News story: Spring Statement 2019 date confirmed
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, has announced that the government will respond to the forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) in a Spring Statement on Wednesday 13 March 2019.
Following the Chancellor’s announcement at Autumn Statement 2016, there will now only be one major fiscal event each year.
Published 29 January 2019