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
commentator since the 1970s, michael goldfarb, actor turned journalist, foreign correspondent for pbs radio in the united states, now host of the podcast the first rough draft of history, steve richards began his career as a westminster correspondent just as margaret thatcher was ending hers. coincidental! his blog is called rock and rolls politics, his most recent book about the talented politicians who failed to make it to number ten. steve, we can leave the question unanswered, whoever that is. what do you make of the choice that tory mps have presented between the sunak and loose trust? in a have presented between the sunak and loose trust? . , ., . have presented between the sunak and loose trust? ., , ., . . loose trust? in a very erratic way, ou can loose trust? in a very erratic way, you can see loose trust? in a very erratic way, you can see attempts, loose trust? in a very erratic way, you can see attempts, chaotic- loose trust? in a very erratic way, you can s
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coming we could see more and more of in the coming months. ithink loads we could see more and more of in the coming months. i think loads of problems coming months. i think loads of problems need new answers and this is more problems need new answers and this is more about playing the same lines with a is more about playing the same lines with a few is more about playing the same lines with a few more colourful phrases. | with a few more colourful phrases. suppose with a few more colourful phrases. i suppose they would say in this budget and spending review you would get the proper decisions and that s why it s policy light. but some disquiet among some activists, not so much about this conference, they had done lighted to meet each other face to face at the moment but worried about what happened six months down the line? yes. worried about what happened six months down the line? worried about what happened six months down the line? yes, and you can see it- months down the l