Few Chancellors have ever been subjected to so much thoughtful criticism in the run-up to a budget. Economic commentators and analysts, serious bankers and businessmen plus – mainly in private – some of his own backbenchers: all of them agree that he would be wrong to put up taxes. There seems to be only one source of comfort for him; the old adage that a popular budget will always become unpopular six months later, and vice versa. Rishi Sunak must hope that this is still true.
Two years on, hybrid working assessed
In the UK, hybrid working is running at roughly three times the levels seen before the pandemic and there are few signs of fatigue with it setting in.
