As a Budget Day growth boost, Rishi Sunak will declare that Britain is ready for a new age of optimism and a post-Covid economy.
Official forecasts will show that the economy is recovering faster than expected, but rising prices and worker shortages may put pressure on household finances.
The Hut Group shares crashed to an all time low on Tuesday as attempts at restoring confidence in the online retailer collapsed.
The Manchester company’s shares fell 21.1 percent or 64.8p to 242p. This was less than half the 500p it floated for amid great fanfare in September 2013.
Morrisons yesterday completed its last day on the stock market where it spent 54 years before its £7bn takeover by US private equity.
Shares in the supermarket, which was set up in 1899 and listed in 1967, ceased trading ahead of the completion of the acquisition by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
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Much of Rishi Sunak’s budget has already been revealed to the press, with the Treasury set to unleash more than £30bn of spending