Exact date of Spring Budget 2024 revealed by Jeremy Hunt with tax cuts and updates on beer & cigarettes expected

JEREMY Hunt has revealed he will set out a spring budget on March 6.

The Chancellor has commissioned the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to prepare an economic and fiscal forecast to be presented to Parliament alongside the budget next year.

Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, outside No 11 Downing Street
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Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, outside No 11 Downing StreetCredit: Alamy

The Treasury confirmed the date.

The budget statement will include the government's tax and spending plans as well as new growth and borrowing forecasts and government debt issuance for the 2024/25 financial year.

The date for Britain's spring budget was announced by the Treasury department on X on Wednesday.