Chancellor brings forward debt-cutting plan to October 31

Kwasi Kwarteng has bowed to pressure and brought forward the publication of a report from the Government’s independent fiscal watchdog.

The Chancellor had previously said the analysis by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) would not be released until November 23, despite it being delivered to the Treasury last week.

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[resistancefighter]

If you could bring it forward to last week before you crashed the banks that would be great thanks. 👍

[floramercury]

Guy Fawkes night would’ve been more fitting cause you’re gonna be toast toast either way 😂

[ragnor]

One look at this man would bring fear to every pauper in the world!

[bobcosmic]

Kwasi modo - For whom the bells toll !

[franceleeparis]

Kwasi economics…. Budget by trial and error… It’s a game of Kaplunk they are playing … ‘let’s see what happens if we double VAT…’😂😂

[rogermelly]

Oh F**k - Kiss goodbye to your pension - Hello UBI

[earnestequivocation]

They do make Laurel and Hardy look like a safe pair of hands.

[eddieash]

I'm glad they're wearing hi viz, you know they support real workers when they do that. Also gloves in case they have to shake hands with working class people.

[HzHz]

Let someone who knows what they are doing deal with it please.

[HzHz]

Haha! Halloween really, you are having a laugh.

[relaxeddigger]

the sooner these liabilities are removed the better

[jantelopez]

some debts deserve scrapping altogether ... we need a debit rating score .. some lenders / investors barely do anything throughout their lives to justify paying back.

[firstname]

should come down by itself if you're going to grow the economy so much