Category: constraints
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UK house prices expected to rise by 2.5% in 2025 despite budget constraints
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House prices across the UK are higher than they were a year ago in every region, and are expected to continue to rise in 2025, despite potential dampening effects from recent Budget changes. According to real estate search site Zoopla, average home prices have risen 1.5 percent over the past…
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IFS Warns of Tight Fiscal Constraints for Next Government
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Britain’s fragile public finances will cast a pall over the general election campaign, with both Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer warning of looming fiscal challenges by a leading economic think tank. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) warns that the economy faces the “worst of both worlds” – lower…