Businesses left ‘in limbo’ during Budget speculation as bosses feel bruised

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Dec 02, 2025

Rachel Reeves' Budget rumours left the economy "in limbo", the CBI has said. The UK’s private sector was left in a state of “limbo” amid months of Budget speculation leading to delayed investment ...

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The UK’s private sector was left in a state of “limbo” amid months of Budget speculation leading to delayed investment plans, a leading survey has found, underscoring claims that the government misled the public and businesses over tax rises and fiscal constraints.The Confederation of British Industry ’s monthly private sector survey has revealed how businesses expected activity to fall over the next three months, with data being collected before the Budget took place.The composite value for expected activity across the private sector in the next three months dropped to -27 in November, compared to -20 in the two previous months, with researchers suggesting that mounting tax fears weighed on investment decisions.It extended a run of negative readings for the weighted balance score. 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The UK’s private sector was left in a state of “limbo” amid months of Budget speculation leading to delayed investment plans, a leading survey has found, underscoring claims that the government misled the public and businesses over tax rises and fiscal constraints. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI)’s monthly private sector survey has revealed how businesses expected activity to fall over the next three months, with data being collected before the Budget took place.The composite value for expected activity across the private sector in the next three months dropped to -27 in November, compared to -20 in the two previous months, with researchers suggesting that mounting tax fears weighed on investment decisions.It extended a run of negative readings for the weighted balance score. The first negative result in the sequence came in October last year, the month of Rachel Reeves’ first Budget. \n\nActivity falls as fastest pace in five yearsThe survey of around 900 companies also suggested that private sector activity had fallen at the fastest pace since August 2020, with all sub-sectors in the data reporting a drop in output. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nNews Updates\nStay ahead with our three daily briefings delivering all the key market moves, top business and political stories, and incisive analysis straight to your inbox.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCBI deputy chief economist Alpesh Paleja said the latest downturn in confidence could be put down to “jitters” before the Budget, with speculation around taxes putting bosses off spending and hiring decisions.“Growth expectations weakened in November, some of which may be down to jitters ahead of last week’s Budget,” Paleja said. “Businesses tell us that much of the month passed in limbo ahead of that, with big discretionary spending and investment on hold.\n\n“While last week’s Budget is likely to add further costs to businesses, notably with the addition of national insurance contributions (NICs) to salary sacrifice pension contributions, the fiscal headroom [of £21.7bn] created may provide some stability going forward.”Meanwhile, WPI Strategy’s latest Business Confidence Barometer, conducted after the Budget, found that a majority of business leaders (56 per cent) say it is likely there will be fewer hires than previously planned because of the Budget with a third reporting it is likely that their company will suffer as a result of the new fiscal landscape.","kind":"highlight","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"-1","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":0,"need_auth":false,"code":"91000000","status":"200"}}}