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Budget date revealed by chancellor Sajid Javid

October 14, 2019
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Budget date revealed by chancellor Sajid Javid

Budget date revealed by chancellor Sajid Javid

Chancellor Sajid Javid Image copyright AFP

The Budget has been announced for 6 November, with Chancellor Sajid Javid saying it will be "the first budget after leaving the EU".

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"This is the right and responsible thing to do – we must get on with governing," he said.

It will be Mr Javid's first Budget since he became chancellor in July.

The Budget date is normally announced in September. Mr Javid said the Budget would detail the government's plans to "shape the economy for the future".

BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said that in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the full Budget would be delayed and the 6 November announcement would be "a simple economic statement".

Image Copyright @BBCNormanS @BBCNormanS Report
Twitter post by @BBCNormanS: Understand if there is No deal,  then  Budget will be delayed for several weeks - and Nov 6 will just be an economic statement Image Copyright @BBCNormanS @BBCNormanS Report

The government's independent financial watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), which produces economic forecasts for the Budget would normally get ten weeks notice to prepare.

The OBR said it was able to prepare some information in advance, but that its forecasts would be based on the UK securing a Brexit deal.

It said since the EU referendum, its forecasts had been based on "broad brush assumptions for a relatively smooth [Brexit] outcome". The OBR said that approach would continue "in the absence of any specific information".

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said he expected the Budget to be "an electioneering stunt rather than a Budget to rebuild our stalling economy and reset the direction of our country".

The Budget is the government's yearly announcement on its plans for tax and spending for the coming financial year, which starts in April 2020.

There are expectations that the chancellor could relax the government's borrowing rules to give him more spending power.

The rules state that borrowing should remain below 2% of national income, at about £46bn.

Mr Javid has already suggested he is prepared to borrow more to take advantage of current record-low borrowing costs, and has previously said he plans to review the borrowing rules.

In August's spending review, Mr Javid declared the government had "turned the page on austerity, announcing its largest increase in spending for 15 years.

Naming the date of a Budget is a sign from the chancellor to communicate that at least some Treasury business continues as normal.

But there is nothing routine about a government yet to win a vote in the Commons, trying to pass a Budget.

In theory there will be measures to boost infrastructure, spending and some taxes.

But if there is a no-deal Brexit, the Treasury will instead turn its focus on giving immediate support to the economy, businesses and households.

So, in that case, there would be a delay to the Budget.

In a no-deal scenario, there might be some extra scope for a cut to VAT which could be part of a general fiscal stimulus package for the economy.

Whatever happens, a new set of Budget numbers and economic forecasts is being prepared by the government's independent financial watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility. The Bank of England too will be preparing its new forecasts for the 7 November Inflation Report, and any implications for interest rates.

The Treasury will also reveal its new self-imposed constraints on borrowing – "fiscal rules"- designed to help create more space for spending and tax cuts.

And if there is a Budget a week after a Brexit deal has passed the Commons, there could be a chance that the government could get support for its fiscal measures too.

Or rather it could be part of the pathway to a general election next month.

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