Budgets & fiscal events More, more, more Putting the Autumn Budget 2024 decisions on tax, spending and borrowing into context 31 October 2024 Camron Aref-Adib Mike Brewer Molly Broome Tom Clark Nye Cominetti Adam Corlett Emily Fry Sophie Hale Lindsay Judge Zachary Leather Jonathan Marshall Charlie McCurdy Louise Murphy Felicia Odamtten Cara Pacitti Simon Pittaway Hannah Slaughter James Smith Greg Thwaites Lalitha Try This has been the most anticipated Budget of modern times. It had to wrestle with profound – and sometimes conflicting – challenges: fixing the strained public services; repairing failing public services; and breaking with the UK’s dire record on public investment. And all of this had to be squared with pre-election pledges not to raise the rates of any of Britain’s most important taxes.