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Three ways the 'back to work' budget will affect your finances

Written by Jonquil Lowe, Senior Lecturer in Economics and Personal Finance, The Open University

Calculating how the budget will affect your finances.Atstock Productions/Shutterstock

In the 2023 spring budget, UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled a raft of measures designed to boost economic growth and productivity. To achieve this he has overhauled both pensions and childcare support, which will have implications for current and future personal...

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