Budget 2018: what has Philip Hammond announced?

Chancellor promises economic policies to help ‘hardworking families’

Chancellor Philip Hammond
Chancellor Philip Hammond prepares his 2018 Budget speech in Downing Street 
(Image credit: Chris J Ratcliffe/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

The 2018 Budget has been announced amid continuing uncertainty about whether the UK can secure a deal on Brexit.

Chancellor Philip Hammond told the House of Commons it is a “budget for hardworking families”, the “strivers, the grafters and the carers” who provide the backbone of the economy.

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