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CHANCELLOR George Osborne backtracked yesterday on his threat to unleash a punishing emergency Budget after a majority of voters chose to leave the European Union.
He said that adjustments to the British economy and taxes would wait until a new Prime Minister takes the helm in autumn following David Cameron swiftly resigning after the referendum.
Leave campaigner Boris Johnson claimed this meant that “Project Fear is over” — referring to the Remain side using the possibility of another recession to boost the chances of a pro-EU result.
Behind the cute names of Scotland’s road gritters lies a workforce underpaid and overlooked – a fitting reflection of a Budget that protected profits, bungled its rollout and offered hardly a glimmer of hope, writes MATT KERR
Starmer sabotaged Labour with his second referendum campaign, mobilising a liberal backlash that sincerely felt progressive ideals were at stake — but the EU was then and is now an entity Britain should have nothing to do with, explains NICK WRIGHT
Our two-tear Chancellor’s woes at PMQs caused a multimillion-pound sinking feeling on the bond market, writes ANDREW MURRAY
