2017 United Kingdom budget

The March 2017 United Kingdom budget was delivered by George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to the House of Commons on Wednesday, 8 March 2017. This was the second budget of the Cameron government since the 2015 general election, and Osborne's eighth budget as Chancellor.

Responses

 * The NHS said it did not meet demands.
 * The Chancellor boasted "significant investments for the future"
 * The Office for Budget Responsibility expected the economy growing by 2.8% in 2017–18 and 3.2% in 2018–19, down from the previous estimate of 2.9% and 3.4%, respectively.
 * Kenneth Clarke, former Chancellor and MP for Rushcliffe during the debate on the budget, hit out at the increasing deficit, asking "Has the Chancellor abandoned all ideas of fiscal responsibility?", which was booed by Tory MPs. Osborne responded by stating that the increase in borrowing was "purely temporary" and noted that the deficit remained "well below what it was when we came to power".
 * Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn issued a speech highly critical of the budget in Parliament.

Debate
A debate was held in House of Commons on 8 March 2017. During Jeremy Corbyn's response to the budget, Tory Whip Andrew Griffiths heckled him over his comments on the lack of adequate Government funding for care homes. Labour MPs accused Griffiths of ageism and abusive language for shouting that Corbyn belonged in a care home. Griffiths denied this, instead suggesting that he was responding to Corbyn's statement "there are elderly people in need of help," and that he said: "That's you!". Corbyn responded with the comment: "The uncaring, uncouth attitude of certain members of parliament needs to be called out".