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Chancellor George Osborne is to give an update on the state of the economy to Parliament on 29 November.
The autumn statement will follow the release by the Office for Budget Responsibility of its own updated growth forecasts, giving Mr Osborne a chance to respond to the figures.
Mr Osborne has previously said he would scrap the pre-Budget report introduced by Gordon Brown when he was chancellor.
Mr Osborne has already announced the date of the 2011 Budget - on March 23.
This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
Chancellor George Osborne is to give an update on the state of the economy to Parliament on 29 November.
The autumn statement will follow the release by the Office for Budget Responsibility of its own updated growth forecasts, giving Mr Osborne a chance to respond to the figures.
Mr Osborne has previously said he would scrap the pre-Budget report introduced by Gordon Brown when he was chancellor.
Mr Osborne has already announced the date of the 2011 Budget - on March 23.
This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.