IF I WERE CHANCELLORIn development

THE NATION’S BOOKS. YOUR CALL.

Your budget.
Everyone’s future.

More for public services? Lower taxes? Borrow to build?
Every budget leaves a legacy.

YOUR BRIEF

Balance more than the books.

Step into the shoes of the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer. Set the budget, then follow its effects on households, businesses and the country’s future.

01

Make the trade-offs

Choose what to tax, what to fund and what to borrow.

02

Meet the consequences

See how decisions touch people’s lives, today and years from now.

03

Live with your legacy

Explore the hopes, risks and long-term costs behind each decision.