The Undertaker's budget brings death, taxes then a crazy kamikaze attack | John Crace
by John Crace from on (#2F6JQ)
The continuous beep of the cardiograph was music to Hammond's ears. The country was flatlining. So was the Commons "
He'd come to praise the economy. But while he was there he might as well also bury it. They didn't call him Phil "The Undertaker" Hammond for nothing. This was to be the Undertaker's last spring budget. Just as well, as he didn't really have anything much to say. Not that it would stop him from taking his time in not saying it. Seldom has a chancellor been on his feet for so long and said so little.
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