Vaping and smoking, but the Office For Budget Responsibility warns the government could find it hard to balance the books. Heres our business correspondent, emma simpson. Did you catch any ofjeremy s budget . It was a chance to turn around the fortunes of the Conservative Party. But was it enough . I think its good that the workers are going to get money back in their pockets. But then if you think about the Cost Of Living and how everything is going up, then maybe they could have given a little bit more back. Anything that cuts taxes, i wish he would have done something a bit more for savers, were in a position where were living off savings. I think theyre trying to do it in light of a General Election and probably not really thinking about what the benefit to the country is. The centrepiece of this budget was a £2 billion cut was a 2p in the pound cut to National Insurance, a tax paid by workers. So who are the winners and losers if you include all the changes to tax and thresholds
Against scotland tomorrow, good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Schools in england are being forced to cut gcse and a level courses in an effort to balance the books, according to a Head Teachers union. The association of scool and College Leaders has warned that Budget Pressures a re leaders has warned that Budget Pressures are causing them to cancel things like school trips. They have said Budget Constraints are driving up said Budget Constraints are driving up class sizes. Lets go to our education correspondent gillian hargreaves, whos at the conference in birmingham. Between now and easter there will be a number of Teaching Union conferences, this morning, Head Teachers in birmingham. Justine greening could have been left in no doubt about how strong their grievances are. Peter woodman at the wheeled school might bea Peter Woodman at the wheeled school might be a head teacher, but he still likes to work at the chalk face, partly because he enjoys it am partly because