every government department will get a real terms increase in spending each year. air passenger duty on flights within the uk will be reduced, along with a cut in fuel duty, and this may prove controversial in the light of cop26 in glasgow next week. alcohol duty is being overhauled, meaning drinks with a lower alcohol content will be cheaper. ahead of those announcements, the chancellor laid out the state of the economy, with inflation expected to hit 4% next year, raising more concerns about the cost of living. unemployment is expected to peak at 5.2% next year. but the uk economy is expected to return to pre covid levels by 2022 which is quicker than previously predicted. replying for labour, the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, standing in for keir starmer, who has covid 5aid bankers on short haul flights, sipping champagne, will be cheering this budget.
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hello, and welcome to bbc news this morning. the transport secretary has said the government will do whatever is required to tackle fuel supply problems in the uk. grant shapps said he wouldn t rule out changing visa rules to allow more foreign drivers to work in britain or even asking the army to help, although he said using the military probably wasn t the solution. the road haulage association says there s an urgent need to grant temporary visas to attract more hgv drivers from abroad. it s estimated that the uk is short of about 100,000 hgv drivers, with gaps made worse by both the pandemic and brexit. ministers are stressing there s no need for motorists, or shoppers, to start panic buying. theo leggett reports. petrol stations with no petrol, or diesel. yet another consequence of the national shortage of lorry drivers. the fuel giant bp supply is about 1,200 outlets across the country. some have had to close temporarily, while others have run out of one or more types of fue
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