The Budget is just the start and Philip Hammond must share plans to make Britain richer

WE turned back the clocks this morning for the last time as EU members.

When we put them forward next March we will be an independent nation again.

Even Philip Hammond will need to crack a smile.

Because as we approach Brexit, the people of this country will want to hear details about the enormous benefits of our long, hard battle to finally wrest control from the EU.

They will want to be told about lower taxes, cheaper goods and the biggest boost for business in our nation’s history.

The Chancellor’s £31billion spending proposals on social care and our roads in tomorrow’s budget are, of course, welcome.

But they do not come near enough to the sort of good news we expect to hear on March 29.

We would prefer Mr Hammond to tell us how he is going to put more money in people’s pockets.

After all, what is the point of the Tories, if they don’t stand for people keeping hold of more of their hard-earned cash?

We would also like the Chancellor to show his plans to kickstart Britain’s productivity, innovation and growth, across every corner of the country.

Slashing business taxes will help private companies grow, whether big outfits or hard-working Sun on Sunday readers setting up small firms.
And we want to hear something radical to tackle Britain’s housing crisis.

We have the fourth-lowest home-ownership rate in the EU. If the Tories don’t address this, voters will punish them.

Their long-term success depends on creating and sustaining a property-owning democracy.

Once we are unshackled from Brussels, the whole world will open up for us.

And we will have opportunity to properly prosper as an independent nation once again.

Filling in our potholes is all well and good, but the Government must focus on laying the foundations to make sure Britain is on the road to a GREAT future.

May oui, Prime Minister

SOME good Brexit advice for the PM.

Don’t be a pushover, walk in like you mean business and be prepared to wait for the best deal.

But this guidance doesn’t come from the IMF, the BoE or even the IoD.

It’s courtesy of a South London businessman: Mr Del Boy Trotter of Peckham.

Theresa May could do worse than read his Sun column.

Mais oui! This time next year we could all be millionaires!