Todays budget might have left you with a bit more money in your pocket but some of the Public Services you rely on will face big Spending Cuts. So is it a vote winner . Mr chancellor of the exchequer. Cheering it was the last Spring Budget before the next election. Tonight well interrogate Whyjeremy Hunt made the announcements he did. And interrrogate one of his treasury ministers. Overall, the tax burden is going up. Correct . The tax burden is still too high, overall. Absolutely. And its going up . Well also talk to labours Campaign Chief. Well talk live to representatives of business and Public Sector workers and our Politics Panel is here to help us decode it all and tell us when we might be going to the polls. Todays was a budget that was as much about what comes next as about what comes now. Theres another 2p cut in National Insurance that will kick in soon but theres also the growing realisation that whoever wins the next election, they will face a daunting choice either oversee
Goldsmith guns for meghan, the princess of wales uncle, tells big brother housemates that Meghan Markle creates drama to rewrite history. Just have a listen when they were a threesome. So kate, william and harry, they look really comfortable together. Love. And then suddenly theres an extra dynamic that comes in, puts a stick in the spokes , and creates stick in the spokes, and creates so much drama that i dont genuinely think was there. Well, the weather here is glorious in cumbria. Im going to find out whether it matches the mood of this town on Spring Budget day. What do people here need to hear from the chancellor today . Let us know your thoughts as well. Gb views at gb news. Com is the email address as always. Lots more to come between now and midday. First though, the very latest news with sanchez. With tatiana sanchez. Beth thank you. The top stories from the gb newsroom. A £0. 02 in the pound cut to National Insurance looks set to be the focus of the governments budget. Minis
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radio presenterjenny kleeman, and kate ferguson, who s deputy political editor of the sun. hello to you both. the front pages. the uk s new defence pacts with sweden and finland make the front page of the telegraph, which says britain would help them fight the russians in case of any invasion. alongside is a picture of borisjohnson and his swedish counterpart, taking to the water after signing their pact. a picture of them putting pen to paper is in the financial times, which leads with the eu vowing to retaliate if the uk rips up the post brexit trade deal for northern ireland. the paper sastoe biden is trying to mediate any dispute. a dramatic front page from the guardian the paper claims oil and gas companies are planning scores of new projects that could trigger a climate catastrophe , driving global temperatures past agreed limits. the i claims number ten wants to speed up new measures to tackle the rising cost of living, but the treasury is resisting any further gove
The current battlefield lines. The current battlefield lines. Elsewhere, sarah ferguson, the duchess of york , furiously the duchess of york, furiously silences an audience at the Cannes Film Festival before launching into a speech about Climate Change, leaving the crowd utterly confused. Crowd utterly confused. Everyone in this room stop. Stop stop. Stop. Stop. Did you see i removed the microphone . Because all of you are saying , microphone . Because all of you are saying, oh, i want to go because where is the next party . I should under sixteens go smartphone free. A report from mps suggesting teens should be banned from owning smartphones to combat antisocial behaviour. Well debate that later. Well debate that later. Fans of both Manchester City and Manchester United prepare to make their way to wembley ahead of the fa cup final this afternoon. Afternoon. It could well be an early start as thousands of city and united fans prepare to make the journey down to wembley ahead of kick o