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Philip Hammond, known as Spreadsheet Phil, is considered a safe pair of hands, but his record is questionable.

The myth of the dull: Boring politicians are no safer than exciting ones

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Austerity ends... for some target voters

Hammond ends austerity – but only for the middle class

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Hammond delivers Budget 2018

Budget 2018: Tiny sums as Spreadsheet Phil prepares the airbags for Brexit

British economic policy shrivels up as it braces for what’s about to hit it.

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Hammond had to contend with the National Insurance U-turn fiasco from his spring statement

Budget 2017: Brexit has taken Britain’s eyes off the ball

Our separation from Europe overshadows everything, but dealing with it does nothing to heal the gaping wound of Britain’s productivity problem.

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Stephen Barclay, Liz Truss, Mel Stride and Andrew Jones leave Philip Hammond with his red box outside 11 Downing Street this morning.

Budget 2017: Hammond paints a portrait of despair

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Nick Timothy has had a terrible campaign, but Hammond has allowed the Tories nothing but gruel

Philip Hammond, not Nick Timothy, is the Tories’ weak link in this election

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Philip Hammond lent his support to arms sales efforts in Bahrian

Comment: Arms sales trump human rights as UK enters Bahrain

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Protestors got inside the building and put up sheets of papers with the names of the Gaza dead

Govt blockaded as protestors take Gaza fight to Whitehall

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A man inspects the debris at the site of the downed MH17 aircraft

MH17 diplomacy: Grim and determined, Britain confronts Russia

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UK MOD praises Boeing for partnership on Chinook helicopter programme

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MPs are set for an 11% pay rise - whether they like it or not

Will they, won’t they? Cameron rejects Cabinet action on MPs’ pay rise

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First strike: Tories hit ‘reckless’ Lib Dems before Trident review

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'More horses than tanks' - Hammond unhappy with Treasury jibes

Sniper fire across Whitehall: MoD hostilities continue ahead of spending review

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Frontline troops won't be cut as a result of 2015/16 cuts

Dodging a bullet: Frontline troops won’t be cut again

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British troops in Afghanistan are holding around 90 Afghan detainees without giving them legal access

UK’s Guantanamo? Afghan detainees held for months without trial

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Philip Hammond believes many people are "angry" with the government for "thinking it has the ability to change the definition of an institution".

‘Real sense of anger’: Hammond renews vows against gay marriage

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What future for Afghanistan after international forces end their combat role?

To the wolves? MPs nervy over Afghanistan retreat

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We're leaving: UK soldiers quitting Germany after 68 years

Seven decades later, UK troops finally leaving Germany for good

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Free vote.... and a three line whip

Free vote? Senior Tories face crisis of principle on gay marriage

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