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Nov 2016
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Hammond ushers in more years of UK auste...

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In his first Budget statement, Philip Hammond said he wanted to get the economy 'match fit' for Brexit, but admitted that worsening public finances would mean the UK needed to borrow more. Barney Thompson talks to Chris Giles, FT economics editor, and George Parker, political editor, about the chancellor's most striking announcements.

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