today s 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 we ll 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 it s going up? we ll also talk to labour s campaign chief. we ll 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. today s was a budget that was as much about what comes next as about what comes now. there s another 2p cut in national insurance that will kick in soon but there s also the growing realisation that whoever wins the next election, they will face a daunting cho
now the party of business and he will govern as a pro business party, thatis will govern as a pro business party, that is the emphasis, not so much on specific policies but about the environment in which he believes business can flourish and he will denounce the conservatives inadequate policies as he sees it, for promoting economic growth, and he says with growth will come prosperity. the specific announcement came from rachel reeves this morning when she guaranteed the corporation tax would not rise during the course of a labour government should they be elected. that is no change, effectively. she set out some specific tax rises and it was always implicit that they would not be any further tax rises announced but she made it explicit today, speaking to a business audience, so it will go down well that corporation tax would not go up under a labour government, and we are expecting more from keir starmer in terms of mood music towards business and how much his party has chan
and then and wisdom as he takes on this role. and then of and wisdom as he takes on this role. and then of course, the third thanks is to my and then of course, the third thanks is to my conservative team across the region is to my conservative team across the region. it has been my honour to lead you the region. it has been my honour to lead you for the region. it has been my honour to lead you for the last seven years. i m sony lead you for the last seven years. i m sorry we lead you for the last seven years. i m sorry we couldn t make it that hat-trick, i m sorry we couldn t make it that hat trick, but mark my words, you will be hat trick, but mark my words, you will be back hat trick, but mark my words, you will be back for that, i m sure. and then will be back for that, i m sure. and then nrost will be back for that, i m sure. and then most importantly, my thanks of course then most importantly, my thanks of course go then most importantly, my than
labour s rachel reeves, who wants to take charge of your cash, and the home secretary, conservative, james cleverly, are here to start. is it a relief it s finally been called? i love elections, i m a bit funny like that. i love elections, i m a bit funny like that- i love elections, i m a bit funny like that. ., ., ., like that. i m looking forward to tourin: like that. i m looking forward to touring the like that. i m looking forward to touring the country like that. i m looking forward to touring the country and - like that. i m looking forward to touring the country and getting | touring the country and getting labour s touring the country and getting labour s message of change out to the voters labour s message of change out to the voters. we labour s message of change out to the voters. ~ ., labour s message of change out to the watere labour s message of change out to the voters- the voters. we are delighted you are both here. take care ourfact checker
as you said, we were set up back in the early 90s to get britain out of the european union. with the referendum i d say we have won the war, what we ve got to do now is win the peace. the prime minister will only start at the negotiations with the european union later injune and ukip has to be on the pitch because if ukip isn t on the pitch, then there s no real impetus for the prime minister not to backslide and i believe, i worry, that she may backslide with fisheries, or maybe there will be a deal on the divorce bill, or maybe there will be a deal on freedom of movement. what we need is to ensure that ukip is there so that we get the brexit that we voted for onjune the 23rd. but when you launched your manifesto last week, your main focus wasn t on europe. it was on terrorism and extremism. it almost looks like you are flailing around now, trying to stay relevant, aren t you? well, no, not at all. what we have done is we have led on the agenda of islamic terrorism and we la