With the economy heading for recession, the chancellor’s giveaways to the regions will be of scant help, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
Slap bang in the middle of this week falls one parliamentary event likely to be greeted with near-silence. When Philip Hammond stands up tomorrow afternoon to deliver his spring statement on the health of Britain’s finances, he’ll know in his bones that it will provoke no feverish excitement among lobby journalists, nor command the front pages.
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