During Brown's tenure as Chancellor, the UK enjoyed sustained economic growth and generally positive reports from the Internation Monetary Fund, although there were concerns at extreme inflationary pressures in the housing market. At the same time, he has followed a generally redistributionary policy, increasing spending in the [[National Health Service]] and [[education]], whilst giving tax breaks to poorer families. His most significant achievement in the early days of the Labour Government was to grant fiscal independence to the Bank of England. | During Brown's tenure as Chancellor, the UK enjoyed sustained economic growth and generally positive reports from the Internation Monetary Fund, although there were concerns at extreme inflationary pressures in the housing market. At the same time, he has followed a generally redistributionary policy, increasing spending in the [[National Health Service]] and [[education]], whilst giving tax breaks to poorer families. His most significant achievement in the early days of the Labour Government was to grant fiscal independence to the Bank of England. |