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You asked, we answered

The Budget: your questions, answered by our economics team

The Chancellor delivered her statement. Now our journalists want to hear from you — and answer what you actually want to know.

The Autumn Budget landed this week with more than a few surprises — income tax thresholds unfrozen for the first time in four years, fuel duty rising, and a new levy on second homes that has already divided opinion sharply.

Our economics team has been across every line of the Budget document. But the questions that matter most are not always the ones that make the front page. They are the ones on your kitchen table, in your small business spreadsheet, in your mortgage calculations. Send us yours.

Clara Whitmore, Economics Editor | 13 July 2026 | Questions open now

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