SMF Chief Economist Nide Broughton reflects on the range of announcements from the Chancellor on Help to Buy, Right to Build, regeneration, garden cities, helping small developers and making it easier to switch buildings from business to residential use.
You wouldn’t think that too much economic growth would be a problem for the Chancellor. But according to FT replication of official models used by the OBR earlier this week, it may well be. SMF Chief Economist Nida Broughton looks at what the problem might be.