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Chart of the week: Spring Forecast 2026
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- 06 Mar 2026
Our chart this week looks at how the Chancellor’s fiscal headroom increased by £2bn to £24bn in the latest fiscal forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility.
Chancellor holds the line in first ever ‘non-fiscal’ fiscal event
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- 05 Mar 2026
Rachel Reeves benefited from some relatively small revisions to the OBR’s fiscal forecasts, allowing her to avoid having to announce any new tax or spending decisions on the day.
HMRC’s large business directorate sets benchmark for taxpayer engagement
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- 05 Mar 2026
The National Audit Office (NAO) has labelled HMRC’s large business directorate a success, finding that it has nearly doubled compliance yield while establishing co-operative and effective relationships with businesses.
Spring Forecast: despite optimistic tone, nothing has changed
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- 04 Mar 2026
The Chancellor pointed to falling government debt and a slight revising up of forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility as reasons to be more cheerful, but the immediate picture still looks muted.
Chart of the week: student loans
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- 27 Feb 2026
Our chart this week looks at how the Department for Education has impaired 40% of the value of its student loans outstanding as at 31 March 2025.
2026: how data is the key to restoring public services
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- 23 Feb 2026
From increasing demand for services to tightening finances, there are big challenges facing the public sector in 2026, but big opportunities too, according to Henning Diederichs, Senior Technical Manager in the Public Sector Team at ICAEW.
Record January surplus not enough to return public finances to budget
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- 23 Feb 2026
Better than expected self-assessment receipts contributed to a fiscal surplus in January, clawing back almost half of the year-to-date budget overrun.
Chart of the week: Real average pay in the UK
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- 20 Feb 2026
Our chart this week illustrates how UK average total pay fell by 0.2% in real terms over the 12 months to December 2025, following much stronger growth in the previous two years.
UK Auditor General calls for step change in government financial management
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- 16 Feb 2026
Head of the National Audit Office, Gareth Davies, echoes ICAEW in calling for stronger financial management in government to deliver trust and accountability for taxpayers.
Chart of the week: business births and deaths in the UK
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- 13 Feb 2026
Our chart looks at the cycle of business life since 2017, as the number of business births exceeded business deaths in 2025 for the second year in succession.
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