with you? three till six on here with you? three till six on gbs. a bump news day today and i'm bang up for it. of course we're going in on the budget. jeremy from accounts delivered one of the most hotly anticipated in budgets for generations , and we're starting generations, and we're starting with some of the winners actually, and is new paris, actually, and that is new paris, because going to be 30 because it's going to be 30 hours worth of free childcare supposedly. to drill supposedly. so we're to drill down into what all of means. but it amid backdrop of tens it comes amid a backdrop of tens of of angry public of thousands of angry public sector workers marching parliament as we speak. sector workers marching parliament as we speak . we're parliament as we speak. we're going to find out what they want. obviously, it's pay. we'll drill down into that a little bit as well and yes moves bit more as well and yes moves one of the nation's favourite pastimes that's, right? yes. this be you this could just be me. you couldn't say back in the day anyway we going anyway that we get we're going to find what it means for the price of your favourite tipple. all of that coming your way and much, more. tuned . much, much more. stay tuned. yes, of course. it's more than just those things. well, because we've got pensions, haven't we. we've got the labour party reaction . people are saying that

reaction. people are saying that jeremy hunt managed to blow labour out of the water. well, it's going to looking at the it's going to be looking at the price cigarettes well. price of cigarettes as well. bad news, like so that we news, smokers like me so that we go. we'll try and get through it together. get your emails coming in, gbviews@gbnews.uk i want to know pretty straightforward this what budget is what you make of this budget is it good for you gbviews@gbnews.uk right now gbviews@gbnews.uk but right now as you headlines. gbviews@gbnews.uk but right now as you headlines . patrick thank as you headlines. patrick thank you good afternoon it's 3:01. i'm bethany elsey keeping you up to date from the gb news am jeremy hunt has set out his plan for the economy in his first budget as chancellor vowing to encourage millions rejoin the workforce and, boost financial growth . the chancellor says the growth. the chancellor says the office for budget responsibility now forecasts uk will no longer enter a technical recession this year. enter a technical recession this year . it says the uk economy is year. it says the uk economy is on the right track with predicted to fall from point 7% in the final quarter of last. to

2.9% by the end of 2023. labour has the government of a managed decline of the country and said the budget was just a sticking plaster . well, the budget was just a sticking plaster. well, in his speech lasting an hour, jeremy hunt announced measures including a change the duty on trust products pubs allowing them to be up to 11% lower than in supermarket . it's something he supermarket. it's something he said was possible post—brexit . said was possible post—brexit. the treasury will freeze fuel duty for a further 12 months. a the lifetime allowance on tax free pension savings originally stood at £1 million. the energy price guarantee will in place for a further months, meaning the average . will pay £2,500 per the average. will pay £2,500 per year and around million customers on pre—pay metres will now also pay the same as those on direct debits. jeremy hunt also announced an increase to the defence budget worth £11

billion over the next five years and in major shake up of childcare . jeremy hunt unveiled childcare. jeremy hunt unveiled every over the age of nine months in. eligible households would be offered 30 hours of free childcare . i don't want any free childcare. i don't want any with a child under to be prevented from working if they want to because it's damaging our economy and unfair mainly to women in eligible households where all adults are working at least 16 hours. we introduce 30 hours of free childcare not just for three and four year olds, but for every child over the age of nine months. it's a package worth on average six and a half thousand pounds every year and reduces their childcare costs by nearly 60. but leader sir keir starmer says , the budget is starmer says, the budget is dressing up, stagnate as stability . his opening post was

stability. his opening post was that things aren't quite bad now as they were in october last year off the comic palsy budget. and the more that he pretends everything fine, the more he shows how out of touch they . shows how out of touch they. after 13 years of his government , our economy needed major surgery. but like millions across our country, this budget leaves us stuck in the waiting room with only a sticking plaster to hand. well, union leaders have also criticised the chancellor's budget for failing to tackle ongoing strikes the country. it says thousands of teachers, junior doctors cheap drivers and bbc journalist cuts are taking industrial action over issues including pay jobs, pensions and conditions. unite's general secretary says jeremy hunt didn't prioritise saving the nhs and delivered a historic betrayal. schools minister cave is urging the national union to

pause the action so serious negotiations with the government . go ahead. we could be having those talks about pay about teacher workload , about teacher workload, about recruitment, recruitment and retention . what we want to talk retention. what we want to talk about. but the national education union, if they want to show good faith in those negotiations, they need to pause. a strike and strike action is no way to conduct a pay action is no way to conduct a pay dispute. it inconveniences the parents and families and. it's disrupting children's education. after two years of having an education disrupted dunng having an education disrupted during the pandemic. in other news, the defence secretary says moscow should respect international airspace after russian jets collided with an american drone over the black sea. ben wallace says americans think the incident is very unprofessional with the white house accusing russia of recklessly colliding with its drone. the incident raises fears of an escalation between the two superpowers with russia calling . it a provocation . three men

. it a provocation. three men have been arrested after a drive by shooting outside a church , by shooting outside a church, london, which happened in january . one london, which happened in january. one of them, 19 year old al rico nelson martin, has been charged with possession of a shotgun with intent to endanger life , as well as six endanger life, as well as six other counts of intent . the two other counts of intent. the two other counts of intent. the two other men have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. and they remain in four women and two girls aged 11 and seven were injured in the. a 48 year old is still undergoing treatment in hospital . you're up treatment in hospital. you're up to date on tv news. we'll bring you more news. it happens now, though. it's back to back. check i yes. welcome along. massive news day . this is one of the most day. this is one of the most anticipated budgets any chancellor has delivered for a number of years in jeremy hunt's financial comes in the midst of

a cost of living crisis. the ongoing war in ukraine having a huge impact on the price of fuel and . today the chancellor and food. today the chancellor sets out how he intends to give britain a boost with incentives to get parents back. the workplace and business is to invest and innovate he made a bold claim as much will see a drastic reduction in the of inflation and actually that was fantastic news for a lot of people a lot of people are saying it blew the labour policy of the water. we will get of the water. so we will get stuck into that very i've got a whole range of gas for yourselves and john's tories labour lib dems the but labour lib dems the works but here is our business here first is our business economics liam halligan economics editor liam halligan with detail on with some more detail on the finer points of the finer points of what the chancellor announced today . this chancellor announced today. this was a steady as she goes budgets statements of budgets about not rocking the boat. it was a budget growth, said chancellor jeremy hunt, an economy proving the doubters wrong . and the the doubters wrong. and the economy is certainly proof . economy is certainly proof. office for budget responsibility

wrong because the big economic picture, according to the obe r, is that the uk will avoid recession in 2023. a considerable improvement in the economic outlook . inflation will economic outlook. inflation will be down from double now to 2.9% dunng be down from double now to 2.9% during the last three months of this year. a considerable easing in the cost living crisis. also households on energy fuel bills. the chancellor maintains the price cap on household electricity and gas combined for a two and a half thousand pounds until june, rather than raising it to thousand pounds. that will save the average household £160 at the chancellor. and for hard households, those using prepayment metres which tend to be expensive, additional on those will be abolished july, said the chancellor . a saving of said the chancellor. a saving of £45,045 per year for million cash strapped families , fuel and cash strapped families, fuel and diesel duty was also frozen for

the 13th year in a row , pleasing the 13th year in a row, pleasing motorists. the five pickup maintained , though fuel duty maintained, though fuel duty remains about $0.03 per litre, with vat charged. on top of that .then with vat charged. on top of that . then when it came to drinks and cigarettes duty draught beer will be frozen a change that will be frozen a change that will also implemented in northern ireland after the windsor framework because they northern ireland doesn't have to adhere to eu rules on that and the package of 20 cigarettes will go up steeply by about £1.75, a bigger economic announcement or non announcement was that corporation tax will go up from 19 to 25. that's the first rise in this profit tax since the early 1970s. the days of labour's denis healey. offsetting that though, the chancellor full expensing will be allowed for three years. that means companies when they invest can offset the cost of that investment against their corporation tax and important

announcement on nuclear power. the chancellor saying atomic energy will now be classified as environmentally sustainable meaning it qualifies for more and there'll be more support for the small reactors that can be rolled out quickly to be manufacture by rolls—royce and others . there was help with others. there was help with childcare . the tories tried to childcare. the tories tried to appeal to young couples in particular 30 hours a week of free childcare that will extended to one and two year olds as well as, three and four year olds as this the case. but because there aren't enough nurseries that will have to be staged between now and 2025 back to work the chancellor made claim that this was a budget growth is all about getting inactive people making them more active . the disabled will be active. the disabled will be able to work longer without losing and there'll be hope there'll be help for those over fifties , many of whom who left fifties, many of whom who left the workforce during the covid

pandemic to back to work with skills and all the rest of . it skills and all the rest of. it the really big announcements the chancellor that the annual tax free limits on pension investments will be increased from 40 to £60000 and unthinkable large amount of money for most household . and he money for most household. and he said the lifetime allowance would be abolished on those pension savings , claiming that pension savings, claiming that this would mean fewer nhs doctors retired in all the chancellor. and in summary we're following a plan and the plan is working. leaver that the tories are dressing up stagnation as stability as their expiry date looms closer. what we do stability as their expiry date looms closer . what we do know stability as their expiry date looms closer. what we do know is that the economy as always will be the main battleground of the next election expected . in mid next election expected. in mid 2024. yes. all right. liam halligan now. okay. earlier on, jeremy for account stood up and delivered 50 shades of beige didn't see a lot of people saying that's not what the country wanted needed. after

quite a considerable period of chaos, i'm going to hit all the key or as many of them as key points or as many of them as we fit in of course, the we can fit in and of course, the next hour, on the hour after that and then the hour after that and then the hour after that pensions, childcare. that at pensions, childcare. i've got to talk that in a i've got to talk about that in a second. growth well, fantastic. it the uk is it looks as though the uk is going avoid a technical going to avoid a technical recession. this led calls recession. this has led to calls of now spreading fake of labour. now spreading fake news saying news previously saying that we were we were were slowing down, that we were going a recession pmqs a going to go a recession pmqs a bit of a disaster as well for keir. we'll get stuck into the latest polling terms of where latest polling in terms of where rishi sunak is compared to. rishi sunak is now compared to. keir a of keir starmer i got a bit of reaction from the illegal migration bill as well. yes. in terms this budget. yvonne terms of this budget. yvonne bailey me now he's bailey joins me now and he's a conservative for stroud. great stuff. thank you much. stuff. thank you very much. great have on on the great to have you on on the show. i know want to talk show. i know you want to talk about this was about childcare. okay this was seen it put labour seen as a big win. it put labour back in that box in a sense because labour were basically calling for this running through what been announced . i mean, calling for this running through vihave been announced . i mean, calling for this running through vihave beeneen announced . i mean, calling for this running through vihave been chief nounced . i mean, calling for this running through vihave been chief pest ced . i mean, calling for this running through vihave been chief pest toi . i mean, calling for this running through vihave been chief pest to jeremy an, i have been chief pest to jeremy from as you call him for months and months. and actually i did a

report him with the think tank about this parents grandparents businesses both inside and outside the childcare have said for a long time this is issue and particularly women who are unfortunately not working at full tilt because of childcare costs and are taking away from the workforce because of the fees that they are paying. so what i've been doing is trying to campaign hard to make sure that the treasury took this seriously and actually what treasury have done is taken on my points and gone even further so i'm pretty pleased. yeah and obviously the central pledge of hull's budget today is the expansion 30 hours of free childcare for every child over nine months. he is hoping that the measure will entice more people back to work. like you've just said that help boost the economy . well could raise things economy. well could raise things about £10 billion in further revenue by getting people to work and that was a central pillar of this budget i think yeah compassion is a new paradigm but getting that workforce most 80 to go and help

grow the economy . yeah so grow the economy. yeah so patrick so right because it's twofold with the workforce it's not just the parents that are telling us that they can they can't work but also we've seen 50% fewer childminders over the last ten years. we've got nurseries that are unfortunately closing because they feel that they are not able to meet the free in inverted commas, childcare hours that have been put forward. so there's a massive budding workforce of mainly women actually that want to work in the childcare sector that haven't been able to do that haven't been able to do that. that haven't been able to do that . and then we've got the that. and then we've got the parents on top of that. so i genuinely do think this is a win win and me actually getting the childcare the chance to childcare sorry the chance to talking in his budget growth talking in his budget growth talking about childcare parents and the earlier sector is part of growing this country is really important but i am looking out for how the childcare sector will get these hourly rates because we know we needed more. the chancellor talked about an extra 30% and i

think we've got to see that happen because then we can get into phased increase more hours for one and two year olds as well. yeah. look was talking of some of the people who are hopefully going to stay in work for longer pensioners or people that were thinking of retiring soon millions of workers now will a pension afterjeremy will get a pension afterjeremy irons announced change to the rules in the spring budget. aboush rules in the spring budget. abolish lifetime pension abolish the lifetime pension allowance. now the criticisms this is that it helps the wealthiest retirees or people on the brink over retirement the most and that is supposedly a bad thing. how would you respond to that which people that have contacted me most about pension changes are doctors and we know that the nhs workforce super important to this country, particularly post—pandemic when people have stepped away from the nhs. my mum nurse for 40 years, she's to retire. it was pretty bruising going through the pandemic but doctors said repeatedly told mps over the country that there needs to be

some pension changes. so i totally get why the government has wanted to make these changes. i think we all know with the budgets that the detail is we've got these of great red books that we're going to have to go away and read. but i think in terms of what liam read out earlier, the headline acts and in certainly things in terms of certainly things like i we can like childcare, i think we can feel that a really positive feel that it's a really positive step treasury and step and that treasury and jeremy the that are jeremy gets the things that are needed to get growth for the country. you know, one thing that stood out for me as well before get going out it before get going was out as it was on the opposition benches mainly think there mainly think because there wasn't a huge amount at face value value anyway to value at face value anyway to really, really , really hammer really, really, really hammer the conservative government there's but no doubt things will emerge no doubt things when there's they do. look there's they always do. look thank you very much you won't believe that conservative for believe that conservative mp for stroud on child stroud initially on child then on two of big on to pensions two of the big ones from today's wasn't say now we send reports lisa we did send reports at lisa hartle actually to hertfordshire to out what parents have to find out what parents have been saying and we're going to take that now because this is as

a key emphasising potentially some of the big winners in today's budget are new well new mums specifically really new parents as a whole. let's go to half josh howie. i'm at the happy toadstool in little haddam in hertfordshire, and i'm joined by a couple of parents, amanda and lisa, and not forget a little baby carer as well. and do you guys make of the government's announcement today what childcare . yeah, what to do with childcare. yeah, it's great. i mean obviously it's great. i mean obviously it's good that the dad it's really good that the dad supported mum's to try and back into work because that's obviously really important. the government are looking for women to work turn a bigger career to work and turn a bigger career progression. so therefore obviously really good to have that support they're available because at the moment it's three and four year olds that are entitled to hours a week childcare. so now is going to be for one and two year olds as well. what how is this going to make a difference, your life? i mean it's massive. me so i already have a two year old who is actually born on christmas day. as she tends, will

day. so as she tends, which will be pretty much the start of the new year and that entitles to currently get some free hours . currently get some free hours. but with my little boy who is by that point will be a nursery for four months he will have nothing so . it just means a massive so. it just means a massive difference for us because i can put some hours towards his childcare as well because having two in nursery is crippled to go back to work with because childcare is so expensive. isn't it like? the uk has got one of the most expensive in the world. so i mean, how do you guys find childcare yeah, i mean childcare prices? yeah, i mean it a really expensive and it is a really expensive and i think it's another reason why women to, you know, be able to return to work and you know, build their careers and obviously earn as much as men do in order to fund and support and pay in order to fund and support and pay for the childcare and still have their own career, their as well. i think it's really important. do you think this would make a difference for people some deciding whether to have another child? absolutely i mean, for me, especially , mean, for me, especially, there's no way i could think of

having third child and having three in childcare while still working it just it just wouldn't be plausible , wouldn't be able be plausible, wouldn't be able to afford it at all. and so, yeah, it it would make a massive difference . and are there any difference. and are there any reservations because going forward there might and there's already a difficulty getting some children into childcare is isn't there waiting lists and things. yes so we have had nurses say to us the that they she wouldn't be able to go internationally september 24 and so obviously i need a place by october 23 so it is a massively in demand kind of issue that we're facing at the moment, completely mean. i worked so my i bit into nursery when i was about eight weeks pregnant so getting ready because i knew i needed him to go into nursery the same days that my daughter is in nursery. i needed to match so i had to think quickly and even it. so i had to think quickly and even it . and yeah. okay. so

even do it. and yeah. okay. so that was at least a bit from a yes . was some new parents just yes. was some new parents just reacting to the latest childcare announcements? we are going to continue to talk about that. i want to keep you all tips for something. we're going talk about quickly bit about very quickly a bit later on, which about okay, because on, which is about okay, because the labour party would like absolutely stagnation absolutely massive on stagnation they that they were going on the fact that we're going into a recession then jeremy hunt up then jeremy hunt popped up basically now working basically said he is now working off more optimistic off revised more optimistic figures i you've figures and this i mean you've to true of any would to assume it's true of any would be great news for us all i'm just going to run it through the growth quietly the growth forecasts quietly for the next years order. 1.8, next four years in order. 1.8, 2.5. 2.1. and 1.9. so that we go. this has led actually to calls that the shadow chancellor put out fake news earlier on when she was saying that our growth is on the floor , etc. and growth is on the floor, etc. and also, it's worth noting we were the fastest growing g7 economy last year. so going to be talking about that and whether or that is now a blow for labour party, despite the fact one would assume that they would be quite happy the country is doing better expected. will

better than expected. we will talk i've also some talk about that. i've also some really new stuff really fascinating new stuff i've popularity i've dropped about popularity for immigration bill and for the immigration bill and also to add popularity also had to add popularity between rishi sunak and keir starmer. we will talk about starmer. so we will talk about all of that, but with me. now back childcare is annabel back to childcare is annabel denham. previously the institute of economic affairs and writing reports on women work as well just on run. so as well chief executive at bright blue, right. okay annabel i will start with you. how do you feel this childcare stuff, does it go far enough ? i think that there are enough? i think that there are some good things that the government announced today. for instance, the subsidy towards the 33 hours and 15 free hours for children over age of three. a big problem that we've until now is that the government's paid standard across the country for those so—called hours. but it's been below the market rate in some areas and that's forced nurseries to cross—subsidise with children under the age of three or children who require wraparound care, which has made

costs exorbitant for those parents. i think if you're going to give a subsidy for children aged three and over, then it's good that . the government is at good that. the government is at least be paying what least going to be paying what nurseries need in to step nurseries need in order to step water. the positive is water. the other positive is that they've loosened teach the child ratio. so now for all the cries that this is some massive deregulation of the childcare it isn't we're going from 1 to 4 to 1 to 5 bring it in line with scotland. let's not that some countries in europe like denmark and germany don't have any teachers child ratios at all they actually allow individual to decide what is in the best needs of the children in their care, which is entirely sensible. they know far better than whitehall bureaucrats . than whitehall bureaucrats. that's the good stuff. but the bad stuff that what we're seeing is the moving far closer towards total nationalisation of child . total nationalisation of child. obviously we now the subsidy going for children aged nine months and over that's actually before statutory leave comes to an end at 50 weeks and the state

essentially taking on the role of parent and this is that compared to better than can so that i'm opposed to so it's interesting that you raise that point now ryan i'm going to hit you with an early contender for most email of the day and it's from kim. okay now kim says women need to stay at home and do their job to bring children to at least the age of 11. they are getting pay childcare out of our taxpayers money to earns more money. it's a joke if . more money. it's a joke if. women stayed at home more . men women stayed at home more. men could work. and that's a good thing. i'm assuming you don't agree with , kim ? well, i think agree with, kim? well, i think what's important is people are given choice. women and men decide what's in the best what's in their best interests to after their children , particularly their children, particularly when they're very young . but when they're very young. but there's lots of evidence to suggest that the childcare costs are putting off, particularly women from entering the labour market. and today's , you know, market. and today's, you know, as you said early on in the show, it was very a kind of

steady as she goes, sort budget. but actually the childcare announcements were very solid and very bold and considerable. and, you know , think you have to and, you know, think you have to take into account improving childcare affordability in this country and childcare the costs are so quickly and uniquely expensive in this country. but sorting out is good for economic growth, gets more people back . growth, gets more people back. the labour market is good for long term prosperity . lots of long term prosperity. lots of evidence that kids, particularly from deprived backgrounds who access high quality formal childcare , have better education childcare, have better education in the long term . but it's also in the long term. but it's also good for family and relationship stability . lots of evidence that stability. lots of evidence that millennials my generation fewer of them are having children because it costs so much to raise a family and particularly to pay for childcare. so i think today's announcements are very positive. i don't agree it's intimidation of because that's what i want to go back to the market. yeah okay. well, just

just don't let me go sort of because running on time, i want to come back on that. so what is youridea to come back on that. so what is your idea about the nationalisation of childcare and if it does mean that women can go back to work, we can get economic, you might be able to get proper, population get proper, decent population growth what's the growth as well. well, what's the problem that? well, first, problem with that? well, first, i'd say that there are other ways to bring down the costs, which a massive which involve a massive government that's going government subsidy that's going to billion a to cost around billion pounds a year from now on. we could direct further, particularly by making it easier for people to come childminders , making it come childminders, making it easier for family members to . easier for family members to. look after your children and you could also give vouchers to parents. you know , generally my parents. you know, generally my view is that people are much happier when they're money happier when they're given money or keep more of or allowed to keep more of their own are by the own money than they are by the government giving stuff own money than they are by the govetheyent giving stuff own money than they are by the govethey may ving stuff own money than they are by the govethey may may stuff own money than they are by the govethey may may not stuff own money than they are by the govethey may may not use. ff own money than they are by the govethey may may not use. the that they may may not use. the subsidies, actually an existing subsidy is one for mostly middle class families. you look at the uptake and when comes to female labour market participation, there's very limited evidence to

suggest that this increasing childcare afforded and accessibility has a measurable impact on the number of women who go back to work . so i impact on the number of women who go back to work. so i think we should take that with a dose of scepticism but also just be asking why the government is so keen to take very young children away from parents from such a long from such a young age and such long periods of time. i think it needs a fundamental rethink of why it's involved in childcare at and what its childcare at all and what its objectives and how it's going to measure them all. look, ryan, can you my sincere can i offer you my sincere apologies a deeply apologies for a deeply unbalanced interview here? because i have now catastrophically out of time, which is my fault entirely. ryan, very for ryan, thank you very much for turning last it was turning up on the last it was ryan so i was actually well i'm not surprised i live outside of as well as previously envisages economic affairs and i suppose all women in work i think maybe be in keeping with the tone of that interview it correct that the lady present spoke longer. well, hunt , budget isn't well, jeremy hunt, budget isn't the only big event in westminster today as thousands

of striking workers, out of striking workers, they're out in force . he to go. and the in force. he had to go. and the biggest since biggest walk out since the current wave strikes began current wave of strikes began yeah current wave of strikes began year. junior doctors , year. we've got junior doctors, teachers, train drivers, lecturers civil servants. apparently journalists at the bbc as well, although you know, they're all taking industrial action deliberately on budget day to call for massive public sector pay increases , as is the sector pay increases, as is the general strike that many have foretold is not happening anyway. with me now is olivia utley, gb news political reporter who is somewhere near the striking good stuff. what's going . on i am. i am in going. on i am. i am in westminster and just over there i can see the pictures . the i can see the pictures. the pubuc i can see the pictures. the public sector , the civil public sector, the civil servants line. and yes, as you say it's the biggest general strike that we've seen in a decade. it's all the same problems that we've heard about in all the previous strike. the these unions all pushing for big, big pay increases over and above inflation. and the government is essentially

pushing back and saying that any sort of pay rises , that scale sort of pay rises, that scale would be massively inflationary . and obviously, rishi sunak's biggest goal in the next couple of to down of years is to cut down inflation. now, i've been speaking to a couple of teachers who are now just getting very, very worried particularly about the teachers strikes the teachers. teachers strikes and concerned they're and they're concerned they're not is that the any not themselves. is that the any that the teaching union just isn't getting round the table to talk to the government whereas all the unions all patients the government isn't and government the any you isn't and they're that teachers they're worried that teachers are to actually out on any are going to actually out on any sort which is agreed sort of deal, which is agreed with the other sectors. but i think what we're seeing today is for time, we saw those for a long time, we saw those unions claiming that they weren't working collaboration with each other. they weren't trying to cause maximum possible chaos. political it was simply chaos. a political it was simply that that strikes happened to coincide. well we're seeing a softening of that line from the unions. the unions are essentially admitting that, yes, there is some coordinated strike action here, which suggests it is getting political indeed.

now, they won't be happy with what happened in the budget today. there was no mention of sector pay as we expected , but sector pay as we expected, but it will certainly come as a disappointment to some. yeah. olivia, thank very olivia, look, thank you very very that. we can hear very much for that. we can hear some the protest taking place some of the protest taking place in background and have you in the background and have you really gives political really that gives you political reports. now olivia rightly said really that gives you political reporiwasn't olivia rightly said really that gives you political reporiwasn't anyfia rightly said really that gives you political reporiwasn't any mention! said really that gives you political reporiwasn't any mention really there wasn't any mention really of sector pay the of public sector pay in the budget, but also budget, but there also remarkably mention of remarkably wasn't any mention of pmqs either. this is something keen to pick up on and not just sweep under the carpet here on gb news, which was absolute disaster in my view from keir starmer up , pmqs disaster in my view from keir starmer up, pmqs used his six questions to talk almost exclusively about gary lineker when there were tens of thousands. when there were tens of thousands . that's according to thousands. that's according to some reports, hundreds of thousands of people shouting, i from outside the house of commons public sector workers saying we want a pay and keir starmer remark went off on gary lineker, a millionaire footballer and tv presenter, having rather a hard time and the tories wanting to allegedly catch him out of a job. i found

that bizarre. it did also allow rishi sunak to essentially rattle off his achievements the orcas illegal migration bill, defence the latest defence spending, the latest growth figures as well as jeremy hunt on as i've said, hunt released on as i've said, we're going be returning to we're going to be returning to those. am also to be those. i am also going to be talking about, yeah, the cost of these ladies and these things, ladies and gentlemen cigarettes, they've gone . by pound $0.15 per gone up. by pound $0.15 per pack, which think any smoker out that will agree is an absolute shocker. other people might say it's good for your health, but i'm sick of that. also booze as well. lovely news if you like a nice pints. good warm british ale. if you like ale. bad news if you like anything else that we get, we'll talk about all those things and how budget affects i'll how budget affects you. and i'll pick but right pick bumper budgets. but right now, phillips . patrick, now, sam phillips. patrick, thank you. good afternoon . just thank you. good afternoon. just on 3:30, i'm bethany elsey with your top stories from the gb news free jeremy hunt has announced his first budget as chancellor vowing to encourage millions rejoin the workforce

and, boost financial growth . the and, boost financial growth. the chancellor says the obe on now forecasts the uk will no longer enter a technical this year. it says inflation is predicted to fall 10.7% at the end of last year to 2.9% by the end of 2023. labour responded , by accusing labour responded, by accusing the government of a managed decline of the country, describing the budget as a sticking plaster well here are of the key points the chancellor announced change in the duty on draft products sold in pubs, allowing them to be up to $0.11 lower than supermarkets the treasury will freeze duty for a further 12 months. abolish the lifetime allowance on tax free pension savings which originally stood at £1 million. the energy guarantee will remain in for another three months, meaning the average . will pay £2,500 per the average. will pay £2,500 per year and 4 million customers on

prepayment metres now also pay the same as those on direct debhs. the same as those on direct debits . he also announced an debits. he also announced an increase to the defence budget worth £11 billion over the next five years and a major shake up of childcare jeremy hunt unveiled every child over the age of nine months in eligible household needs would be offered 30 hours of free care while union have criticised the chancellor's budget for failing to tackle ongoing strikes across the country , it says thousands the country, it says thousands of teachers as junior doctors, tube drivers and bbc journalists are industrial action issues, including pay , jobs, pensions including pay, jobs, pensions and, conditions, unite's general secretary says jeremy hunt didn't saving the nhs and instead delivered a historic betrayal . the defence secretary betrayal. the defence secretary . moscow should respect international airspace after russian jets with an american drone over the black sea . ben

drone over the black sea. ben wallace says america has called the incident unprofessional with the incident unprofessional with the white house accusing russia of recklessly colliding with its drone. it raises of an escalation between the two superpowers with russia it a provocation . you're up to date provocation. you're up to date on tv online derby digital radio tune in this is gb news now it's back to . back to. patrick yes okay right delving the inbox quite a bit of reaction from you early doors about this but gbviews@gbnews.uk anyone things really starting out as mahomes fascinating this is the amount women who are getting in touch with me to say that they are not in favour of this childcare support thing. hours free childcare children age one and two. it's designed on paper obviously to get mums back to work earlier. that's how great

the might incentivise to reproduce more as well and get the population growing a bit and all of that stuff susan's been on says agree with the lady who emailed in earlier that was came to emails views to regular emails and views on this says i never this show says i never understood why women have children and then from the most complete strangers, the government should encourage mums to home for at least first to at home for at least first five years of their child's . five years of their child's. well it's fascinating that really , isn't it? so there you really, isn't it? so there you go. coming in. i mean, go. kiwis coming in. i mean, i wasn't necessarily expecting that, but maybe should have that, but maybe i should have done, know, maybe more done, i don't know, maybe more of family unit of a traditional family unit still lots of out still inspiring lots of you out that in touch all of that get in touch on all of that. i'd love to as that. yeah i'd love to be as well getting to in about the pension side of things. we are going be talking about that going to be talking about that issue that he's very issue that cecily he's been very close house as well which close to my house as well which is boobs. yes that's, right. because it mean for is boobs. yes that's, right. bec price? it mean for is boobs. yes that's, right. bec price? a it mean for is boobs. yes that's, right. bec price? a pies it mean for is boobs. yes that's, right. bec price? a pies and mean for is boobs. yes that's, right. bec price? a pies and other for the price? a pies and other stuff. and i've someone else here we've been on side he says this budget is the most uninspired look side i uninspired budget look side i know to work know i was driving in to work earlier i had jeremy earlier on. i had jeremy from a council on the and you know it did me contemplate whether

did make me contemplate whether or not i need to park up and decide to, not bother showing or not i need to park up and dec but:o, not bother showing or not i need to park up and dec but there bother showing or not i need to park up and dec but there we ther showing or not i need to park up and dec but there we go. showing or not i need to park up and dec but there we go. butwing up. but there we go. but nevertheless, it affects all of us, say he us, doesn't it? so, say he continues, all well and continues, says all well and good childcare good sourcing, childcare and pensions. and pensions. but if taxpayers and businesses don't get tax cuts, it won't move the economy. that is okay, i've got is sadie's view. okay, i've got all coming your very all sorts coming your way very shortly there's shortly because there's loads more and the end of more to come now and the end of the hour if you are a small business owner sick and tired being clobbered recent years, being clobbered in recent years, find the chancellor had find out if the chancellor had good bad news for you and i. good or bad news for you and i. you'll agree everyone needs stiff drink after jeremy from a council delivered his budget, find out how more it's going to cost you to get this evening. i'm patrick christys . this is

gb news. right? welcome back. now what will the budget measures mean for entrepreneurs and those who own their own business. many small business owners may welcome plan 12 new investment zones and regeneration projects

, certain towns, but also say 80 personal and business costs of opening and operating sorry and cost of living crisis have reached on their enterprises can this budget deliver growth at last? with me now is craig beaumont, chief of external at the federation of small businesses . you very, very much. businesses. you very, very much. on he's dropped out. oh, well, oh he's dropped out. oh, well, there you go. you and me both in a way, actually, craig, i'm going to delve into the inbox shortly and just to yes, did shortly and just to say yes, did manage mistake one of the manage to mistake one of the things i said earlier. well, what's going talking very what's going to be talking very shortly booze and not shortly about, booze and not something an something else with an extra b in there you go. sorry to in it. there you go. sorry to disappoint. page three disappoint. it's not page three of old sun. joining me now of the old sun. joining me now is derek is gb news is is derek caffrey is gb news is political editor. craig, you political editor. oh, craig, you know not? craig you know what? why not? craig you very much. great to have you on the show. beaumont, the chief of external affairs of external affairs federation of small to small businesses. look, talk to me this, because a of me about this, because a lot of business are in arms business owners are up in arms and we are getting and saying we are getting clobbered and clobbered left, right and centre. had pandemic, centre. we had the pandemic, we've got the added energy costs and tax. we can't and corporation tax. we can't survive yeah, today's

survive. yeah, i think today's budget leave many small budget will leave many small business watching today business owners watching today fairly. changed. business owners watching today fairlknow, changed. business owners watching today fairlknow, we changed. business owners watching today fairlknow, we all changed. business owners watching today fairlknow, we all understanded. business owners watching today fairlknow, we all understand how you know, we all understand how businesses budgets businesses work budgets the similar about tough similar they're about tough choices and yet they've heard today about billions of pounds of energy help to households for three months but nothing to all those small businesses who fixed last at a really high rate discounted for six months but will now see their bills rise four times on april the first and then they save on business with this massive cost of writing down capital allowances , which is £27 billion over the next three years. but that's for big business, not for small businesses. and we don't agree trickle down economics works anyway. so two big ticket anyway. so those two big ticket items , there was nothing. and on items, there was nothing. and on the more moderate stuff. yeah were some proposals on work , the were some proposals on work, the very focussed on outputs and outcomes, you know, things like work coaches , things like, you work coaches, things like, you know, more resources , job know, more resources, job centres but not actually for small employers and simply childcare. i mean childcare looks good and i answer , you

looks good and i answer, you know, i'm pleased to say you got loads of feedback that you know, it has to be practical has to work for providers. so we're still going to work through the practicalities that and make practicalities of that and make sure well. so i sure is delivered well. so i would say terribly would say not not terribly impressed today. would say not not terribly impressed today . oh, well, just impressed today. oh, well, just tell me exactly what you want. if you were jeremy hunt by way, can just that doesn't can i just say if that doesn't go picture of him with his go that picture of him with his with his with his box . there with his with his red box. there we go. what would you have done ? federation of ? so you're the federation of small businesses. what do you want? you know, the want? because you know, at the minute thinking, well, if minute i'm thinking, well, if was start small was going to start a small business, maybe not do business, i'd be to maybe not do it britain , we've lost half a it in britain, we've lost half a million small businesses over the last over the last two years. and now we need get them back. we need people like me in a job. i'm employed. i should be encouraged to kind of set up in business, resign job, use my business, resign my job, use my expertise, small expertise, become a small business owner, but it's actually expensive. now actually really expensive. now corporation up . the corporation tax has gone up. the small threshold for small business threshold for that very it's far too that is very low. it's far too low. and government refused today to increase. and now when

the government does have some money kind of sends money to help, it kind of sends it strange directions. i it in strange directions. so i don't now is a brilliant don't think now is a brilliant time start up. it's a time to start up. it's a terrible message for small business or potential ones to get. you know, get. i think, you know, we're going look to going going to look forward to going to positive people are going to be positive people are going to be positive people are going to positive. got the to be positive. we've got the ultimate coming up, ultimate statement coming up, which will be the one year to go to from a to an election from a from a chancellor that hopefully be more help. 5.5 more minded to help. 5.5 million. can you just million. can you can you just explain to me why jeremy hunt done this? you know, it's been a week of a bang average footballing analogies gary footballing analogies with gary lineker. so just see this on three a bit of an three really is this a bit of an own goal from hunt own goal from jeremy hunt because? we a nation of because? we are a nation of shopkeepers. all we here. we like entrepreneur and like the entrepreneur sir and we're at it. and we're very successful at it. and britain, a great track record of creating wonderful business creating some wonderful business minds. navigate their minds. you can navigate their way through economic minefields . why not incentivise them? why make it more difficult for your average common man and woman with a small business. someone on street up north in on the high street up north in berio, or whatever. who berio, bradford or whatever. who has got every chance of wanting to at the next election.

to vote at the next election. why well, the why should they? well, the i don't think they would be to vote for the conservative from today. if you about all these small businesses in all these local communities, we've all got them all around us. these people were today . and i am were not seen today. and i am concerned that you look the concerned that if you look the treasury reaction, you look at how things. a how treasury's things. it's a very mckinsey kind of corporate approach to it's going to be big business that helps. i mean if you talk about business and its plans the year , it's plans for the next year, it's probably already agreed what going do so this huge tax going to do so this huge tax won't effective a, bit won't be very effective a, bit like the super deduction. so we should be at what can you locally how does small employ one extra person how do you reduce that tax bill a bit to incentivise them to invest with? you know, i helped to green saying if you want to tackle net zero and reduce energy use help saying if you want to tackle net zesmalli reduce energy use help saying if you want to tackle net zesmall businessenergy use help saying if you want to tackle net zesmall business to rgy use help saying if you want to tackle net zesmall business to buste help saying if you want to tackle net zesmall business to buy the help a small business to buy the solar panel heat pump solar panel or the heat pump where was today? was nowhere. where was today? it was nowhere. so it was just a lack of vision and a bit of an addiction, i think to big. all right. good stuff, craig thank you very much. great to have you on. in

the end, craig beaumont, that chief affairs the chief of external affairs at the federation of small business, is now man who needs no now a man who needs no introduction, is getting on twice gb twice his darren mccaffrey gb news . and news is political editor. and darren, thank you very much. i am kate. on the steps of am kate. you are on the steps of downing street. fantastic i am keen the reaction from keen to get the reaction from the opposite the chamber the opposite side of the chamber today. it was quite muted today. it was quite a muted response and i can't help but wonder whether not for a large part, jeremy on a suck the wind out of labour's sails. some would say that labour's in recession . well you're right in recession. well you're right in saying that the response was pretty muted, though one could say the budget itself was pretty muted. but labour's feels a little grief when you look , little grief when you look, let's say childcare for example , nicking one of labour's key policies . what good government policies. what good government does it? what's tony blair did an awful lot of damage to the conservative party in the late nineties early noughties. he just kept picking the good policies and the opposition came with felt a little with and labour felt a little bit though in bit of that today though in saying that labour's big message

essentially. feel any essentially. do you feel any better at really when you better off at really when you feel any better off at the time of next election, given the fact the party been in the conservative party been in power 14 years and that power for 13, 14 years and that was charge at a jeremy hunt quite a few times today effectively you've been effectively saying you've been in and yet in power for 13 years and yet you're suggesting things aren't quite you're suggesting things aren't quhe bad you're suggesting things aren't quite bad as we expected , quite as bad as we expected, given the fact that the previous administration had slightly more than slightly, completely messed things up in saying. i think the really interesting politically is not whether labour party opposes aspects of this. of course they are. this is a budget does primarily it must be self—help middle class families. the is this going the big question is this going to for the to be enough for the conservative for those that support it and trust? got support it and trust? i've got growth low tax at the centre of what they ideologically believe in because believe it or not, patrick tax burden as opposed to gdp is still going to go up after budget. there are going to be millions more people next month paying tax as those tax thresholds increase dragging more and more people into paying

the top rate of tax. and that could have a big on living standards things people sometimes forget this that they look at inflation as one of the key drivers of the kerb of you like a living but taxation increases inflation is part of that narrative too. so i think the interesting aspect will not necessarily be what labour has to be those on the of to, it'll be how those on the of the conservative party react to what they heard today . yeah, what they heard today. yeah, absolutely. but pm today i'm keir starmer just i think keir starmerjust i think complete messed up in my view. i mean he had tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of striking public sector shouting at him from outside and he led with basically six questions on millionaire gary lineker much i think to the delight of rishi sunak was to just rattle off a list of his achievements so far. and then i look at the fact that labour have been accused of putting out some quote unquote fake news in terms of their growth figures, etc. those growth figures, etc. and those growth figures, etc. and those growth figures. now all albeit marginally but better than expected a redfield wilton expected a redfield and wilton poll showing keir starmer and

rishi separated just one rishi sunak's separated just one point the polls. now in blue point in the polls. now in blue wall seats, illegal migration. but goodwin saying that more than the country back than half of the country back the tories illegal migration bill i mean actually this is quite bad day labour. yeah think you're right in saying that i'm not entirely, i can't really think why starmer decides to go on the issue of the bbc. the fact that the issue has been essentially, you know, actually that he's back guaranteed essentially, you know, actually that he'sback; guaranteed essentially, you know, actually that he'sback it'saranteed essentially, you know, actually that he'sback it's aanteed essentially, you know, actually that he'sback it's a storyj because back it's a story that felt much more like last week than week. also not one in, than this week. also not one in, as you rightly pointed out, on a budget day . yes. he gets to budget day. yes. he gets to respond to jeremy , but there's respond to jeremy, but there's a lot other happening lot of other stuff happening aside about the bbc aside from iran about the bbc that has somewhat passed . i that has somewhat passed. i think we're showing the kinds , think we're showing the kinds, if you look at those polls, has had good of weeks had a good couple of weeks i mean, i spend a with them in mean, i spend a lot with them in the couple of days going the last couple of days going back from. the united back and forth from. the united states pretty clear. he's pretty chipper. pleased that. chipper. he's pleased with that. britain's framework. britain's a windsor framework. he's with the deal he's he's pleased with the deal he's done emmanuel he's done with emmanuel macron. he's pleased he pleased with the plebiscite. he runs deal, the

runs the orcus deal, the submarines diego. he submarines in san diego. he feels the conservative feels that the conservative of backbenchers muted in backbenchers are pretty muted in terms any sense of stepping terms of any sense of stepping out of line with government policy. he well be policy. and he might well be pleased with the reaction to this budget. yes , is fair to this budget. so yes, is fair to say that rishi sunak has turned the ship slightly , in the the ship slightly, but in the end, say, there is always end, as i say, there is always in ways more trouble for in some ways more trouble for government because governments are very easy make missteps . are very easy to make missteps. as for labour, keir has a pretty good couple of months, though it must be said the government necessarily him out and they got a lot in making mistakes. but today i do think he got it wrong and rishi sunak was able to bat away those questions. one question he did struggle with, though, and fact he refused to answer a couple of answer with us a couple of times. about the heating times. it was about the heating of swimming pool, much to the of a swimming pool, much to the delight opposition. when delight of the opposition. when jeremy that delight of the opposition. when jere government that delight of the opposition. when jere government were that delight of the opposition. when jere government were going hat delight of the opposition. when jere government were going tot the government were going to help a public swimming pools up and the country in today's and down the country in today's budget. thank budget. yeah, look, dara, thank you much to have you very, very much to have a coffee. our political on coffee. our political editor on downing good stuff it's downing street. good stuff it's important forget pmqs. important not to forget pmqs. well, light this

well, in light of all this budget there is budget stuff, because there is news out there as well, the are coming in thick and fast. i won't to just you are a bit won't go to just you are a bit pressed time but i am pressed for time but i am fascinated what i'm seeing fascinated by what i'm seeing genuinely. keep genuinely. so please keep your hot on budget coming hot takes on this budget coming in is i my eyes? i want you to completely different takes on this keep coming and this thing so keep it coming and gbviews@gbnews.uk great here gbviews@gbnews.uk great one here from zara i'll go to your shortly we let's look at what shortly so we let's look at what the budget means for britain's drinkers. right the drinkers. that's right the chancellor announced he was freezing draught freezing the duty on draught products most of products in pubs most of the celebration punters . products in pubs most of the celebration punters. nigel celebration of punters. nigel farage over the with this from august opening duty will be $0.11 less than in the supermarkets but the cost of other boozy bevs may still fill binds of the cost of living crisis , as alcohol duty will crisis, as alcohol duty will still rise in line with inflation ballooning a bottle of wine . by $0.45 to great. but wine. by $0.45 to great. but there was some good news that may prompt landlords to raise a glass to toast because i have to read this out now british ale may be warm, but the guy on a

pint is frozen . jeremy hunt said pint is frozen. jeremy hunt said that so . let's just take a look that so. let's just take a look at what's on, shall we, from the 1st of august, there will be increased draught, relief, duty on draught in pubs will be up to a 11 p lower than supermarkets . a 11 p lower than supermarkets. it will be maintained as part of any brexit. pubs guarantee and jeremy hunt said the change will apply . every pub in northern apply. every pub in northern ireland due to the windsor framework trying to that basically say it's a double winners and for rishi sunak winners and set for rishi sunak and tories. with me now is and the tories. with me now is matthew russell, co—founder of copper rivet distillery. great stuff. look what do you make of this? mean, i suppose just this? i mean, i suppose just from gather, here is from what i can gather, here is good if you like a warm good news. if you like a warm pint, bad news if you like everything else. it's great news, nigel farage. mean he news, nigel farage. i mean he likes warm pint my pub. likes a warm pint in my pub. most the most of the points most of the most of the points aren't cold. aren't warm. they're cold. they're they're they're stella artois, they're peroni . you know , they're not peroni. you know, they're not your archetypal arcade type or british pint . so. yeah, your archetypal arcade type or british pint. so. yeah, i'm a little disappointed, to be honest, because 34, 35% of

dnnks honest, because 34, 35% of drinks can in a pub are spirits . there's nothing to help the spirits industry . okay right. spirits industry. okay right. but what should he have really done? what will the knock on effects of this be? so it's all going through as it is, right? what will this mean? will this just mean are less like, just mean people are less like, even likely go to the even less likely to go to the pub? are witnessing the pub? but we are witnessing the death of the great british pub. well, i think, you know, i mean , for the spirits , can only speak for the spirits industry , particularly corporate industry, particularly corporate . but distillery, one of the smaller distilleries there you know we've had huge as everybody has huge four times energy price inflation grain we produce our spirits from has gone up 60% because of fertiliser costs etc. glass has gone up in the region in the last two years, or about 60. and then the chancellor wants to add on you know, another pound a bottle of tax, take when it's already a substantial proportion of the

cost of bottle of spirits . i get cost of bottle of spirits. i get all of this mean i suppose as well you could . it's a bit of an well you could. it's a bit of an attack on. fun stuff as well. i mean, you know, people like to go out and have a glass of general rule, maybe a pint agen of course, that used to be made back in the day. but you know, all spirits things are maybe all spirits and things are maybe it of an attack it maybe is a bit of an attack on that was an easy one for them to do because a lot of people will just say, oh, well it's bad for so they won't mind for you. so they won't mind taxing i haven't think taxing it's i haven't i think that's exactly yeah i think he's taken a bit of an win here in saying well you i'm not saying well you know i'm not going freeze the duty on going to freeze the duty on spirits . know, will play spirits. you know, i will play the audience with that british pint element. but the truth of the is, you know, the spirits industry is a big and there's hundred and 50 distilleries. i think the recent survey is that up to 80% of the small distillery is fair closure the next year. that's a lot of employment a lot of skill that we're losing and potential exports foreign countries that

like british spirits i mean it's crazy but doesn't look at this you know actually yeah go and sorry. well no sorry just time i was going to say i think you i think we leave you on a very good point there because actually. that's is a massive part of british culture do think of the old warm pint of we do export a huge of spirits to other nations and very very other nations and do very very well it. and it will well out of it. and it will a shame to lose that culture that expertise jobs. i am expertise in those jobs. i am going have to there, i'm going to have to get there, i'm afraid. good luck to you. afraid. but good luck to you. thank you very much. great to have you on the show. that was, of matthew, of course, matthew, who's co—founder rivet co—founder of the copper rivet distillery. i said that if distillery. like i said that if like your booze, then all like your booze, then it's all right. a lukewarm right. if you like a lukewarm pint, great. like pint, not great. if you like everything else. with me now, though, is jasmine birtles. she's personal finance expert. thank much. been thank you very much. has been great on the show. great to have you on the show. now, started this hour with now, we started this hour with childcare. to end it childcare. we're going to end it with the next on with childcare in the next on whizzing and all whizzing onto pensions and all sorts and a of sorts of stuff and a deck of facts as well why not? but what is your take on these childcare measures? of pushback

measures? a lot of pushback in the jasmine. people that the inbox, jasmine. people that they should be they the mothers should be looking kids i'm looking after kids at home. i'm just what got here. just reading what i've got here. mother be looking for the mother should be looking for the kids at home and this is an incentive palm off someone incentive to palm off on someone else views. well, yes, you else your views. well, yes, you know, it depends on know, i mean, it depends on where really in terms where you are really in terms of work. i mean, i'm i don't have children. i've got lots of friends who have children. friends who don't have children. i've text from one of i've have a text from one of them should i pay them saying, why should i pay for people to have for other people to have their children looked so children looked after. so there's as well. there's that argument as well. i've heard from some i've also heard from some employment agencies actually this is only going to bring in a few tens , thousands of extra few tens, thousands of extra workers. they think they although they they like the idea they don't think it's going to do what the chancellor says, you know, that it's going to massively increase the number of people in employment coming in filling in these jobs. people in employment coming in filling in these jobs . however, filling in these jobs. however, you know, i although i think it's probably overall a pretty decent idea what i would have liked to have seen was something would help everybody not

parents. so would have preferred to see the personal allowance attacks allowance unfrozen. so we can we all can keep more of the money that we earn before start to pay tax on it, but i think would have been a fairer move to make just on this actually varied away from child care but the opposition to this budget might mostly come from within. the conservative party. possibly on that point that you've raised there, which is about people are still being taxed to the 99. that is, i think something that you would have like to see changed. yes, i would have liked to that changed. you know, jeremy said that this is a growth budget. i don't honestly feel that it was particularly because of the corporation tax going up . i corporation tax going up. i don't think that's a growth budget. i think liz truss this budget. i think liz truss this budget was a growth reducing tax certainly reduces the tax on business. so, you know, it hey

nice that he's been helping people here think he's taken ideas out of the labour. as keir starmer says i really do and in many ways it's a socialist budget. i don't think it's a growth budget that it could have beenif growth budget that it could have been if he had reduced the taxes across the board. you know, for all earners. yeah, obviously. look you very much jasmine jasmine bird also is a personal finance expert. keep your views coming in thick and fast people gbviews@gbnews.uk budget literally affects all of us in one way or another. i'm going to be focusing bit on pensions, on cigarettes on public sector workers . all are coming your workers. all are coming your way. i much more that we go on patrick christys . this is .

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rocked up and delivered. well quando dale. but we're going to pick it up. but it's out of it nonetheless. first, though, it is course energy and the cost of living. a broader package. yes, that's right. good news to people about the energy price cap. i'll fill you in on the finer a little later on. finer points a little later on. it me a minute it just give me a minute backdrop, dozens tens backdrop, though. dozens of tens , thousands public , thousands of people, public sector angry, sector workers, very angry, marching on westminster as we speak. we've got people in various public sector various different public sector jobs are strike today. we jobs who are on strike today. we will go to those strikes and keep up to date on all of those. and yes, course then there's and yes, of course then there's this. that indeed. this. isn't that indeed. yes. smokers terrible deal for smokers are a terrible deal for smokers today . i smokers are a terrible deal for smokers today. i mean, it goes up smokers today. i mean, it goes ”p by smokers today. i mean, it goes up by about £1.15 per packet of cigarettes . so if you know any cigarettes. so if you know any smokers, i don't, but if you do, i imagine they'd be quite angry about the whole thing. anyway, stay tuned and we'll about stay tuned and we'll talk about all that . yes. okay. get your all of that. yes. okay. get your views coming just in the round today about what bits of the budget affect you. the are you happy with it? you're not happy

it gbviews@gbnews.uk . well, keep it gbviews@gbnews.uk. well, keep it gbviews@gbnews.uk. well, keep it general today, ladies and gentlemen , right now it's your gentlemen, right now it's your headunes gentlemen, right now it's your headlines with polly . patrick. headlines with polly. patrick. thank you and good afternoon to you . well, jeremy hunt has set you. well, jeremy hunt has set out his plan for the british economy in his first budget as chancellor and he's vowed to encourage of people to rejoin the workforce and boost financial growth. the chancellor says office for budget responsibility now forecasts the uk will no longer enter a technical recession this year and it the uk economy is on right track with inflation predicted to fall from ten points 7% in the final quarter of last year to 2.9% by the end of last year to 2.9% by the end of 2023. labour for its part, has accused the government of a managed decline of the country . managed decline of the country. said the budget was just sticking plaster in a free speech lasting an hour earlier

on today , the chancellor jeremy on today, the chancellor jeremy hunt, announced including a change the duty on draught products in pubs, allowing them to be up to $0.11 lower than in supermarkets , he said was only supermarkets, he said was only possible post. brexit. the treasury freeze fuel duty for a 12 months and abolish lifetime allowance on tax free pension savings, which originally stood at £2 million. the energy price guarantee will remain in place for a further months, meaning the average household will pay two and a half thousand pounds a year and 4 million customers on prepayment metres will now also pay prepayment metres will now also pay the same . those on direct pay the same. those on direct debhs. pay the same. those on direct debits . and he also announced an debits. and he also announced an increase to the defence budget worth £11 billion. that's over the five years and in a major shake up of childcare . jeremy shake up of childcare. jeremy hunt unveiled every child over the age of nine months is eligible for 30 hours of free

childcare . i don't want any with childcare. i don't want any with a child under five to be prevented from working if they want, because it's damaging to economy and unfair mainly women in eligible households where all adults are working least 16 hours. we will introduce 30 hours. we will introduce 30 hours of free childcare not just for three and four year olds, but for every single child over the age of nine months . it's the age of nine months. it's a package worth on average six and a half thousand every year and reduces their childcare costs by nearly % well, in response to nearly% well, in response to that, the labour sir keir starmer said the budget was dressing up stagnate as stability . his opening post was stability. his opening post was that things aren't quite bad now as they were in october last yeah as they were in october last year. off the budget. yeah. yeah and the more that he pretends is fine, the more shows just how out of touch they are . after 13

out of touch they are. after 13 years of his government, our economy needed major surgery. but like millions across our country, this budget leaves us stuck in the waiting room with only a sticking plaster hand and in response to the spring budget , union leaders criticised the chancellor for failing to tackle strikes across the country and that as thousands of teachers , that as thousands of teachers, junior doctors, tube drivers in, london and bbc journalists were taking industrial action over issues pay jobs, pensions and conditions. unite's secretary says jeremy hunt prioritise saving the nhs and instead delivered a historic betrayal . delivered a historic betrayal. now in other news today , three now in other news today, three men have been arrested after a drive by shooting outside a in london in june . one of them 19 london in june. one of them 19 year old al rico nelson martin, have been charged with possessing a shotgun with intent to endanger life . six other to endanger life. six other

counts of intent . the two other counts of intent. the two other men have been arrested , men have been arrested, suspicion of conspiracy to murder . they suspicion of conspiracy to murder. they remain in custody . murder. they remain in custody. four women and two girls aged 11 and seven were injured in the incident. a 48 year old is still undergoing treatment . hospital undergoing treatment. hospital that's the latest from the gb newsroom. we're back in half an houn newsroom. we're back in half an hour. see either . hour. see either. right okay so fuelled u.s. that's been frozen bad duty will be cut an energy remain capped and jeremy irons hotly anticipated budget as he attempts to help families feeling pinch now the extension of the energy price guarantee will shave £160 off a typical home's energy bills while vulnerable households on prepayment metres will no longer pay prepayment metres will no longer pay through the nose for their heating . hopefully have british heating. hopefully have british gas kick the door supply. you won't without you anyway. but

none of this appeared to warm keir starmer's half across the dispatch box as the labour leader accused hunt of making working people pay for the tory choices and tory mistakes. let's get some response now from the liberal democrats. and joining me is that deputy leader is daisy cooper. daisy, thank you very great to have you on the show. okay, so what are your criticisms and of jeremy hunt's budget ? well, to be honest, budget? well, to be honest, i the prime minister and the chancellor are just so out of touch they might as well be living on another planet. not only is the economy flatlining , only is the economy flatlining, but we are still experiencing the worst living standards. the biggest drop living standards on record . but let's be clear about record. but let's be clear about people's energy energy bills. they're going to go up, not go down, because the government have people's energy have reduced people's energy bills, but they refuse to do that. and of course, they're scrapping £400 rebate. so actually, people going to feel a real hit in their pockets. the prime minister, the chancellor had a real opportunity to show that they understand how the

cost of living is impacting on and and pensioners and families and pensioners around and around the country. and they completely failed that . completely failed to do that. it's said true that it's what you said true that because we've just had a prediction, haven't of prediction, haven't we, of growth 1.8, 2.5, 2.1% and growth of 1.8, 2.5, 2.1% and 1.9% over the next four years. that means the economy is not. we were the fastest growing economy in the g7 last year. i've got to ask you respectfully , you said that, jeremy, how much you see not looks out of touch.i much you see not looks out of touch. i just whether or not you guys look like you're revelling fake misery . no, not at all. fake misery. no, not at all. i mean, i think if you look around the country and certainly when have my constituency surgeries , have my constituency surgeries, there are people who are facing real misery . at the moment, real misery. at the moment, people are terrified putting the putting heating on people putting the heating on people having to go to foodbanks because put food on because they can't put food on their are finding their tables. people are finding it incredibly at the it incredibly, incredibly at the moment. there's nothing fake about misery that millions about the misery that millions of are facing down of people are facing and down the country result , the way the country as a result, the way that conservatives have been that the conservatives have been running the fact running the economy. the fact is, as i say, the there will be no extension of the rebate .

no extension of the rebate. liberal democrats called for liberal democrats had called for the government to actually try and energy bills rather than and cut energy bills rather than just freeze the energy price guarantee. we said that could have paid because have been paid for because energy prices coming down energy prices are coming down faster the government had faster than the government had expected. really expected. so they really put money side and we said money to one side and we said they have used that to they should have used that to bnng they should have used that to bring as. it stands bring prices down as. it stands in coming people's in the coming year. people's energy and energy bills energy prices and energy bills will what they were will still be of what they were in and that's going to in 2021. and that's going to feel really tough in feel really really tough in people's around people's pockets around the country. though country. okay. childcare, though , always a claiming that's a big win, a good win for new parent . win, a good win for new parent. it's apparently children wanting to have 30 hours of free childcare. do you back up that? well, let's be clear on childcare. the content is good because they've effectively copied and paste everything the liberal democrats said in our 2019 general election manifesto . but timing is incredibly . but the timing is incredibly cynical . the fact is they're not cynical. the fact is they're not even to introduce of the even going to introduce of the most basic until april most basic measures until april year and most of them will take much longer, which that much longer, which means that actually well be after actually it may well be after

the general and the next general and the government even be the government may not even be the ones charge to put that in ones in charge to put that in place. let's be clear, there place. so let's be clear, there is nothing government is is nothing the government is introducing immediately the kicking long so kicking into the long grass. so the of that's the content of course that's great they've copied it mostly from the lib dem manifesto, but the is incredibly the timing is incredibly cynical. okay. alright, look, i'm going return very i'm just going to return very quickly that's alright daisy, quickly if that's alright daisy, to something you said to something that you said earlier something earlier on about. something who's touch. look who's out of touch. look i suppose unfortunately for you and lib dems, there's and the lib dems, there's polling has dropped on the illegal migration bill which shows that 52% of people do want to remove illegal immigrants and them from returning just 16% of them from returning just 16% of the population strongly disagree with the illegal migration bill and a new poll from bradfield and a new poll from bradfield and wilton as shows that there is just one point of difference. now keir starmer i know not your party, i'm rishi sunak when it comes to the popularity poll, so it comes to people being out of touch with that's always doing all right. i mean, it well, i mean, liberal democrats you look

at the way we've been performing in actual elections, we've been doing pretty well as as you know, we three signed know, we had three signed by—election wins in buckinghamshire and in north shropshire in devon. we're shropshire down in devon. we're winning over voters who hadn't shropshire down in devon. we're winn voted er voters who hadn't shropshire down in devon. we're winnvoted liberal's who hadn't shropshire down in devon. we're winn voted liberal democratin't ever voted liberal democrat before. lifelong conservative voters who are sick to the back of the that government of the way that the government is the economy, creating is running the economy, creating the living and the cost of living crisis and running the ground running our nhs into the ground and at the of local elections last did pretty as well. last year we did pretty as well. so when you look at real and real results as they were doing. all right, good stuff daisy look, much enjoy look, you very much always enjoy our hope to our back and forth. hope to speak you again very soon. speak to you again very soon. daisy cooper, that is deputy leader the lib dems. i'm leader of the lib dems. i'm going go over to a tory going to go over to a tory backbenchen do going to go over to a tory backbencher. do make backbencher. what do they make of budget? there of jeremy hunt's budget? there are really whatever are rumours that really whatever it is true really that one of the opposition the main points of opposition to this could come from tory this budget could come from tory backbenchers and conservative mp for laura farris joins for newbury, laura farris joins me we go laura. me now. yes, there we go laura. good thank you very. what good stuff. thank you very. what do you make of this budget? well, not going of well, i'm not going be one of the complaining backbenchers . i the complaining backbenchers. i was on the was lobbying hard on the childcare stuff, actually. i

went jeremy it a couple went to see jeremy it a couple of times , a proposal for him of times, a proposal for him with other mp. i think one of them's just been on on gb news this afternoon. so i've said i'm very, very pleased with what's been announced on childcare and the stuff as well. people are saying not conservative saying not very conservative laura, because your average common or on the common man or woman on the street still going to be taxed a higher have. and about higher have. and what about businesses? a nation of. businesses? we are a nation of. well, you can't be in this country minute under country at the minute under a tory government well, think tory government. well, i think one things that he said one of the things that he said that most effective was what that was most effective was what he capital investment he said about capital investment . company that spends money, . any company that spends money, new plant, new kit , new it can new plant, new kit, new it can deduct cost about 100% from their tax bill. and if stimulating capital isn't pro—growth and i don't know i don't know what is. well, he talks to me, pro—growth people, certainly around age. we want building. we want we want the opportunity to actually live somewhere. i didn't hear much that in the budget. what's going on well, you didn't on there? well, you didn't you didn't that, but didn't hear much about that, but that that message been that is that message has been

received clear . i'm not received loud and clear. i'm not much older than you. and i completely appreciate that . the completely appreciate that. the need more houses, i suppose need for more houses, i suppose i wouldn't necessarily expect that be in budget. probably that be in the budget. probably that be in the budget. probably that the secretary of state for housing would would but housing would would take. but don't those requests , don't worry, those requests, those legitimate , are those very legitimate, are reaching the top of government . reaching the top of government. look, there was a noticeable lack of vigour, you could say, from the opposition benches today. i don't . the labour party today. i don't. the labour party really got a huge amount to get stuck into about this budget . stuck into about this budget. one area that they are going to though is probably about the pensions and they're going to say they saying that what the tories have done here is preserve pensions of already preserve the pensions of already most wealthy in society . it's most wealthy in society. it's that old you love the rich stuff isn't it. how do you respond to that ? well, i isn't it. how do you respond to that? well, i think isn't it. how do you respond to that ? well, i think that that isn't it. how do you respond to that? well, i think that that is very reductive argument, is a reflection of the fact that labour had very little to say. and i thought one of the most telling things actually, if i could just go back to your previous guest your previous

guest liberal guest from, the liberal democrats point out democrats could only point out in conservatives by in the conservatives by references to by elections, which were when we had a previous leader in place, when there was a previous prime minister, she couldn't find a single to criticise, not single thing to criticise, not to be found. let me just, just come on that. sorry, but just just, just quickly on that. what she actually was criticising as well, is his point i would well, which is his point i would like to come back on, is the length of it might take for this childcare boost to on childcare boost to come in on it. so on. can it. so go on. i can see britain's got involved actually on the pensions. i don't think many people people would recognise gp yes, recognise and establish. gp yes, as of class , but i as a sort of middle class, but i don't that's super don't think that's the super rich think it's very , i rich and i think it's very, i think it's a mischaracterisation to say otherwise. don't forget the pension lifetime used to be 1.8 million. it was george osborne reduced it when we were going through some economic strife about years ago. so actually it's been stuck at a million. i didn't exactly how many years, but it was brought down from a higher level before. so actually it's just getting it

back to where it was. remember, pensions they're well pensions grow if they're well invested. so don't need to be putting in oh oh i think we've got a lot lower. we've lost laura. oh, that's a shame. anyway think we've got the gist of me. laura faris mp conservative mp newbury okay conservative mp for newbury okay so of views at the top so range of views at the top that a lib dem deputy that we had a lib dem deputy leader of the lib dems saying the real point of criticism there was that the there really was that the childcare come into childcare stuff didn't come into force so that force quickly enough. so that seemed to wandering seemed to be wandering from that. laura course pretty pro budget may be quite interesting some things have some some things that i have some ideas there's going to be ideas that there's going to be a huge of revolt and huge amounts of revolt and rebellion the conservative rebellion from the conservative backbench. joined by backbench. i am joined now by barry named barry fabulously named derek liquorice mba who's a member of the national energy action's presidents he joins me. presidents group. he joins me. thank you very much. great to have the show. and so have you on the show. and so when it comes the energy when it comes to the energy price, etc, do you think it's good leave bad taste good or does it leave bad taste in your mouth? oh, well, we have two views. there's some good news and there's some bad news. and the news is that the energy price extended

price cap has been extended another three months and of course, the heating season should in theory end at the end of march. but the chances are it run into april and the heating still be on. so bills will be unaffordable for many, but at least the energy cap has not gone up to £3,000, which would have been awful then i think on top in terms of the bad is that we didn't hear anything about what will happen in the winter because as we approach october , because as we approach october, we anticipate energy bills will still be around £2,200 a year. market and of course customers have got used to the energy bill support scheme gave them £67 a month for six months. so there's going to have to be some additional help for customers as we this winter and some now back to the what i was pleased also to the what i was pleased also to hear that pre—payment that

the prepayment cost differential will longer be there and customers will be charged the same as direct debit to your home and saying coming to me on being here as a member of the president's group national energy action, but i need to be clear, i'm also the executive chairman of utilities. so one of the energy companies. so i don't want the coast to be confused . want the coast to be confused. no, no obviously i can tell you, though, because it almost is that this actually, that we planned this actually, which we quite clearly which i think we quite clearly didn't. going you didn't. i'm going to ask you about that. said to companies about that. he said to companies now, no, i'm not going to now, oh, no, i'm not going to ask about the energy companies, actually, when comes actually, because when it comes to mean it's to october is looming mean it's almost winter comes every almost like winter comes every yeah almost like winter comes every year. bills go year. it and people's bills go up taxpayers will up and. taxpayers will be looking now and going. looking at this now and going. well, hang on a minute. are we just going get clobbered again so we can subsidise so that we can subsidise people's do people's heating when we do have record levels energy record profit levels from energy companies? what point companies? i mean, what point does have to turn does the government have to turn around and go, look, put your hand because hand in your pocket? because we are can't we can't come up are we can't we can't come up with a tax power anymore. well, i understand concern about i understand the concern about the taxpayer being clobbered.

i'm obviously but i'm one of them. obviously but the reality as far as energy company profits concerned, when is an energy company not an energy company ? this context now energy company? this context now the energy and the one that i'm chairman of is utilita we like many energy companies , are not many energy companies, are not making any margin at all on retailing gas in electricity to consumers . so i'm afraid this is consumers. so i'm afraid this is pretty much a profit zone. what you're talking about, where the huge profits are being made is upstream in system. the people who drill for gas and that's of thing. and there's also profits being made in terms of some generation . and so the old generation. and so the old renewable projects they are making significant margins because they actually get paid for what it costs to generate gas, electricity. now i know the government's look at is looking at correcting so i'm afraid the taxpayer is going to have to be

on the hook for what's going to happen from from the problem. the problem is . yeah i've got it the problem is. yeah i've got it going . but i'm the problem is. yeah i've got it going. but i'm looking, the problem is. yeah i've got it going . but i'm looking, i'm going. but i'm looking, i'm looking at this budget now, you know, the taxpayers on the hook raising people's kids, the taxpayers going to be on the hook for all that wasn't in budget but the inevitable albeit possibly sector possibly marginal public sector rises we're going to see rises that we're going to see taxpayers on the hook for all sorts, everything that presents it from whether or not own it from whether or not you own a small business. so whether or not just give okay. not you just give birth. okay. and, now we're going and, you know, now we're going to the hook for to have be on the hook for energy as well. i mean, energy bills as well. i mean, should just it all off should we just suck it all off and say, right, you know and just say, right, you know what, let's have radical socialism socialism. i understand that that can be a conclusion people conclusion that some people draw. are in draw. but we are in a unprecedented period as far as the costs of energy are concerned . i do that they concerned. i do think that they will result themselves in time, but by then in a society such as ours, where we have to be fair to all, particularly the elderly, the vulnerable that those that are sick, we need to help those as a caring society .

help those as a caring society. you're a caring liberal. a caring labour, a politician or caring labour, a politician or caring conservative. one. that's what we should be doing . and so what we should be doing. and so yes, but is for sure. is that what the what the government originally plans to spend on the energy price is a fraction of what they originally thought it would be. and i but i understand all goes back to the taxpayer at the end of the day that's where all this comes and i can understand why there is some concern or lovely stuff. thank you very much. great chat and i will talk to you again very soon. doubt and be a national energy action's president is great and. i think a company called itochu as well. y'know, with me now there is matthew lash head public lash is the head of public policy for policy at the institute for economic affairs. good stuff matthew, you. okay, so matthew, to see you. okay, so look stood out for this look what stood out for this budget for you because let's be the iea pretty much bang favour of said, not of what liz truss said, not entirely largely in favour entirely but largely in favour of that was of what truss said. that was a big walloping go growth big walloping go for growth budget which actually resulted in her going home and at home. wasn't downing any more.

wasn't downing street any more. so you of this ? so what do you make of this? look, i think this is very much a steady as she goes budget and unfortunately, it's simply not going to deliver the kind of reforms that are necessary to jump reforms that are necessary to jump the economy. now, i think should government should give the government credit due. credit where credit is due. there some very positive there are some very positive parts introduction parts of this. the introduction of expensing will encourage of full expensing will encourage business investment, of full expensing will encourage business investment , the business investment, the recognition foreign medicines recognition of foreign medicines will could very much be the kind of deregulation that saves lives. the changes to pension could very much encourage people to work , but overall picture to work, but overall the picture is pretty here. we've got a situation where the government is maintaining some of the highest of spending and taxes outside wartime in british outside of wartime in british history. i've got a situation where the government spending tens of billions more. they're not doing the kind of reforms better of regulation better tax sort of regulation that could deliver huge that could really deliver huge levels , economic growth that are levels, economic growth that are necessary for the economy. and considering we've considering the fact that we've had of growth for the had low levels of growth for the last decade, to see far last decade, we need to see far more if we can have a truly growth budget. yes. now, look,

there will be new powers or people thinking about having kids who think great. okay. 30 hours a week, free childcare. fantastic stuff that will be people you know pensioners for example with a decent pension who now stay work if they who might now stay work if they want to as a result of again that's great. but actually, i can't help but feel as though is a lot of sorry a lack of ambition when it comes to things like building so physical growth in that sense and also unleashing the shackles of taxation and corporations tax etc. on the uk it yeah oh the younger generation i say these are my eyes wide open and the younger generation big losers in this budget really. younger generation big losers in this budget really . well i think this budget really. well i think that's true i think the younger generation have a longer pretty bleak picture when comes to some of the situations, be it something like being able to buy a home. i bet the kind of economic growth can in economic growth we can expect in future and have this future and we have this underlying here, which is we an ageing population increasing on health increasing burdens

health care, increasing burdens on things , aged care and as on things, aged care and as a result you're going to see the people who are working say more better now in order to respond to that, we need to get more productive. we need we need to be able to boost our incomes so that we can take care of the elderly at the same time, we need to improve public services so that we're not spending record amounts on nhs while record amounts on the nhs while getting well, yes. and getting less and well, yes. and just, quick one with you, just, just a quick one with you, if right, i if that's all right, because i want to hit home a bit on the growth figures and labour has been accused of spreading fake news earlier on about growth news earlier on about the growth in the bleak economic picture. i personally while i was personally just while i was looking i thought it was looking i thought that it was frankly bad for the labour party that was well and that britain was doing well and they bother trying to they didn't bother trying to hide thought was hide that. they thought that was bad which i think raises bad news, which i think raises serious what serious questions about what their are their priorities are. but we are going avoid technical going to avoid technical recession. the growth forecast for years, 2.5. for the four years, 1.8. 2.5. 2.1. 1.9. and despite what you may read online, we the fastest growing economy in the g7 last year and. these are reasons to

be cheerful all they did we need a steady as she goes budget from a steady as she goes budget from a very very dull man. a steady as she goes budget from a very very dull man . i mean on a very very dull man. i mean on the economic growth question, i much some of the forecasts are looking like that we're not current that the news is slightly better at least in the next few years than was expected. i think this really just says a lot about not to overly dependent on forecasts. but pretty long but ethiopia has a pretty long history not getting these history of not getting these kind of figures particularly right. and say something right. and if they say something very going to happen, very bad is going to happen, maybe slightly better maybe something slightly better will happen. or say will happen. or if they say things to be great, things are going to be great, things are going to be great, things actually that things might actually be that great. is a very great. the economic is a very imprecise business the imprecise to business say the least. we put much least. and we shouldn't put much political into it. and political stock into it. and i think some of graphics that have been going around some been going around from some political figures using some of these forecasts to make claims about british economy, that, about the british economy, that, as said, the actual as you've said, when the actual come things aren't come in, things aren't necessarily you necessarily that bad, but you actually looking dapper as actually are looking dapper as well. nice for ourselves well. a nice treat for ourselves viewers not to your left. that is the head of public, the institute for economic affairs. great stuff. right, lizzie, you've with

you've been getting touch with your today's your thoughts on today's budget. said this is the said he's been on this is the most uninspired budget all well and good sorting and pensions. but if taxpayers businesses don't get tax cuts, they won't move the economy and this is a massive point you are absolutely right. and you know, the childcare thing possibly more controversial thought it controversial than i thought it was came thanks was when i came on air, thanks to lot of your emails, to a lot of your emails, remarkably as well from women, from saying one of from mothers who saying one of two which they two things, which is that they would quite the government would quite like the government to encouraging stay to be encouraging mums to stay home after the kids home and look after the kids themselves. just a common themselves. that's just a common view i'm not. view of the inbox. i'm not. that's a national perspective. view of the inbox. i'm not. thatalso1ational perspective. view of the inbox. i'm not. thatalso1atictaxpayersective. view of the inbox. i'm not. thatalso1atictaxpayers don't. and also the taxpayers don't want for people to have want to pay for people to have kids. they can't afford themselves controversial, but i'm a lot of that i'm getting a lot of that nonetheless if you're nonetheless. and yes, if you're an man and woman, the an average man and woman, the street isn't going to feel any better off as a result of this budget. then realistic? it budget. then realistic? is it going that we will to wait going to be that we will to wait and beth says the and see? beth says the government there, here government is not there, so here we let's look after we go. no, let's look after kids. should not have kids. people should not have kids. people should not have kids can't them. kids if they can't afford them. right that. both of you love right on that. both of you love to see it. and one more, lisa says as an you became

says as an over, you became unemployed monday oh, god, unemployed on monday oh, god, i'm hearing i'm looking forward to hearing how is going to help me how jeremy is going to help me get a new job. usually any help is so i never any is means tested, so i never any that's good i'm forward that's a good point i'm forward to few pints of cheap real to a few pints of cheap real ale. well, least you're ale. well, at least you're literally a glass half full person lays out the best to person lays out all the best to you. to. but yes you. good luck to. but yes hopefully. hopefully, hopefully you. good luck to. but yes hoperourself)efully, hopefully you. good luck to. but yes hoperourself back y, hopefully you. good luck to. but yes hoperourself back oniopefully you. good luck to. but yes hoperourself back on yourjlly . get yourself back on your feet. much feet. look, thank very much everybody who's getting in everybody who's been getting in touch. at gbnews.uk has touch. gb views at gbnews.uk has the chancellor there enough to convince own mps? i was one convince his own mps? i was one of the tens of thousands of pubuc of the tens of thousands of public workers who were public sector workers who were out strike i am out on strike today. i am patrick christys this is

gb news. well, jeremy hunt budget isn't the only big event westminster today as tens of striking workers are out in force once in the biggest walkout since the wave of strikes began last year . we've got junior doctors, teachers as chief drivers lecturers , civil servants and

lecturers, civil servants and apparently some from the bbc. and that's taking industrial action deliberately on budget to call for massive public sector increases. is this the general strike that many have fought ? strike that many have fought? it's a shame keir starmer didn't pick up on it because you've got a load of his vote. it was outside parliament shouting and screaming. these are screaming. i mean, these are about at pmqs. you about gary at pmqs. so, you know. we anyway. with know. there we go anyway. with me is olivia gb news is me now is olivia gb news is political reporter. olivia don't worry, keep it topic worry, i will keep it on topic and off about, say, and veer off about, say, millionaire football. what's going on all of these going on with all of these workers on the strike? yes. workers out on the strike? yes. so i'm here in westmont . i can so i'm here in westmont. i can see plenty of picket civil servants, for example just around the corner from here striking . it's thought that up striking. it's thought that up to 400,000 aid workers are striking today, which would be the biggest strike action for a decade now. the biggest two problems really for the government are the teachers strike and the junior doctors strike. the junior doctor strike is now into its third and final . but what junior doctors are calling for , a 35% pay increase

calling for, a 35% pay increase . they say that after inflation has been taken account, their pay has been taken account, their pay has been cut by 26% since 2008. and they want to see a corrective rise. now, obviously, the government saying that that is in comparative with the desire to cut inflation by half without being credibly inflate . without being credibly inflate. and so the talks continue but without much progress, the teachers strike is also a massive issue for the government. we know that children across country are still struggling to catch up with the effects of education from success of lockdowns. and we're now seeing another teacher strike. and one big issue with the teacher strike is under striking laws teachers who aren't even members of unions aren't even members of unions are allowed go on strike to join the colleagues on lines and they don't even to tell the school whether they're turning up or not. so today we've seen gcse and a—level pupils who it was taught, we were told weren't going to see any impact on their education not having the lessons

which we were expecting them to have today. and there doesn't seem to be any budging terms seem to be any budging in terms of the tools. what teachers asking for is inflation busting pay asking for is inflation busting pay over 10. but pay rise. that's over 10. but they were given 5% pay rise last yeah they were given 5% pay rise last year. and government seems to think that that's enough strikers will not be happy . what strikers will not be happy. what came out of the budget? there was sector pay at was no of public sector pay at all. jeremy hunt is sticking with his line that to cut inflation we have to keep public sector pay. it is yeah i can't help but wonder whether or not they feel remarkably unrepresented. and i was going to say no mention of them in the budget. mention the pmqs budget. no mention of the pmqs from actual leader of the from the actual leader of the opposition keir opposition of course, keir starmer. go. thank starmer. but there we go. thank very olivia utley there. very much olivia utley there. gb news reporter. news is political reporter. we're whizzing you over to we're now whizzing you over to downing least that's downing street. least that's where was last time. he's where he was last time. he's still there. darren gb still there. darren mccaffrey gb news good news is political editor. good stuff. the political or stuff. okay, so the political or otherwise this i mean, we otherwise from this i mean, we were expecting maybe a little bit from the conservative bit more from the conservative backbenches we? mean, backbenches, were we? i mean, they don't see particularly happy average common happy about your average common man and woman on the street

being i have most your being taxed. i have a most your view. i'll take and that could well spectrographs remember well come spectrographs remember that yet there is good news today in essence that we're not likely to go into a technical recession are likely recession that we are not likely to much economic growth this to see much economic growth this year at all. from so year at all. far from it so the news is still bad but not quite as bad as in the aftermath of that many budgets. but you know what if this is the overall what they're actually saying is that lots economic growth lots of economic growth is actually higher actually gonna come for higher from migration in the from higher migration in the years come expecting years to come expecting migration actually to continue to grow in the next three, four, five years or so that's going to be a big driver of. economic growth now even at pmqs today, there's a question for conservative backbencher talking about how they do not want to see immigration increase. they want see the upskill of want to see the upskill of workers that's workers here. so that's potential point of tension. and then the second is that as then the second thing is that as a percentage share of the a percentage share of gdp, the tax intake for the government is going still hit record high going to still hit record high levels . so what i'm going to still hit record high levels. so what i'm trying to say is and that's because again, millions people in next

millions of people in next month, and you are and everyone else will go to this in our tax pockets in, april, is that we're going to lot people can get sucked higher of sucked into higher rates of income because the income simply because the thresholds frozen in. and thresholds are frozen in. and that the thing even further that is the thing even further to all living standards, to squeeze all living standards, what trying to say here, patrick, is on two points patrick, is on those two points the conservative right those the barclays trusts those that have been saying that to a proper been saying that to be a proper conservative, you low taxes conservative, you need low taxes . might not be . economic growth might not be terribly actually terribly happy actually with this they are pretty this budget. now they are pretty muted to date. but what tends happen with budgets is that as the trickles as the information trickles out, as you more and you read the print, more and more people get annoyed. now, one of the reasons they also might muted that in the might be muted is that in the end, this was pretty end, actually, this was a pretty as budget idea that rishi as you go budget idea that rishi sunak and jeremy wanted to pursue in this budget is really not to do very much the very very scarred by that mini—budget back in september of last year they don't want to rock the boat and that's why some would accuse them today of despite measures on and all of the on pensions and all of the actually tinkering around the

edges tinkering around the edges, dara , you very, very much edges, dara, you very, very much darren mccaffrey gb news is political editor, right. okay as low as most covers we now i'm 5:00 so what does labour think about all this i will get their reaction from a senior shadow cabinet spokesperson . i can't cabinet spokesperson. i can't wait for that. and my account has gone up in smoke . that's has gone up in smoke. that's right. jeremy raised the price of by more than a pound a pack should just bust out of my bank balance . i've got all of that balance. i've got all of that cover your way. i'm much more of the outlines of policy . thanks the outlines of policy. thanks very much indeed, patrick the top stories on gb news hunt has announced the first budget as chancellor vowing to encourage millions to rejoin the workforce and the uk's financial growth. the chancellor says obe are the office for budget responsibility now forecast . the uk will no now forecast. the uk will no longer enter a recession this yeah longer enter a recession this year. it says inflation is

predicted as well to fall from 10.7% at the end of last year to 2.9% by the end of 2023. well, labour's reaction was that they accused the government a managed decline of the country describing the budget as a sticking plaster here are the main points on today's spring budget. the chancellor announcing a change in duty under products sold in pubs, allowing them to be $0.11 lower than supermarkets . the treasury than supermarkets. the treasury also freezing duty for a further 12 months. there's also a to aboush 12 months. there's also a to abolish the lifetime allowance on tax free pension savings which originally stood at million . the energy price million. the energy price guarantee will remain in place for another three months, meaning the average household will pay two and a half thousand pounds a year and 4 million customers on prepayment will now also pay. the as those on direct debhs. also pay. the as those on direct debits . he's also announced an debits. he's also announced an increase the defence budget worth £11 billion over the next

five years and in a major up on childcare. jeremy hunt unveiled every child over the age of nine months is now eligible for 30 hours of free care and all that coming as . hours of free care and all that coming as. union leaders criticise the chancellor's budget for failing to tackle ongoing strikes across the country . that's as thousands of country. that's as thousands of teachers , doctors, tube drivers teachers, doctors, tube drivers and journalists took industrial over issues, including pay jobs and conditions. general secretary said the chancellor didn't prioritise the instead delivering a historic betrayal . delivering a historic betrayal. now the defence secretary in separate news says moscow respect international airspace after russian jets collided with an american drone over the black sea yesterday. ben wallace said has called the incident unprovoked national with the white house accusing of recklessly colliding with its drone. it raises fears of an escalation between the two superpowers with russia calling

the move a provocation . those the move a provocation. those are your latest news headlines . are your latest news headlines. back at fife with more. see . back at fife with more. see. the okay people back now loads. have you been getting touch with your thoughts on a whole variety of different things? all budget focussed? i must say different elements it, says . i elements to it, stuart says. i don't about draft really don't know about draft really from . was draft from beer. why was the draft relief on insulation relief on home insulation products? fair enough. products? okay, fair enough. elizabeth says, what earth is elizabeth says, what on earth is the of giving subsidies on the point of giving subsidies on their half of their energy bills? if half of those are made up by four those bills are made up by four different taxes, why on earth are we paying vat when we've left and 12% left the with no vat and 12% corporation tax, we really will growth hunt's way are going to get bankruptcy . i mean look get bankruptcy. i mean look there is this argument, isn't there, that we were so wrongly , there, that we were so wrongly, in my opinion, but so scarred by. this truss's initial fiscal incidents, i suppose you could

say that now we're not going far enoughin say that now we're not going far enough in this and we're being overly cautious on our economics and business services. liam halligan strongly about halligan very strongly about that. undervalue the that. sue says we undervalue the importance for families, stability, and stability, the stresses and pressures juggling two pressures of, juggling kids, two jobs life . we need jobs in everyday life. we need two wages just to survive stress on the childcare. years ago, we had less materially but emotionally lives were kind of more stable and enjoy our challenges and our children . challenges and our children. now, this is a fascinating thing. this is a trend in the inbox. it is one i wasn't probably wrong dana wasn't expecting to see a lot of women getting into us on the childcare announcement that there were going 30. i free going to be 30. i was free childcare for children aged one and two and saying that the deaduneis and two and saying that the deadline is a debt basically the idea of the taxpayer paying for the people's kids. b there's that old about debt of that old thing about debt of kids that you can't afford, which is possibly a bit unfair but not. and the idea that but maybe not. and the idea that we maybe views we should maybe seize the views of people have been of quite a few people have been getting in. to so doing more to try prioritise mums being able to sounds a traditional view this able stay at home

this being able to stay at home and the kids themselves etc. so there you go. there is a of there you go. there is a lot of that coming in, your views coming gb views gb news uk. coming in. gb views gb news uk. another in this budget another big one in this budget today about pension is now today was about pension is now carol a pensioner carol says i'm a pensioner nothing for me i got no over 50. why you back work if why should you go back work if you claim benefits of you don't claim benefits of those baby sit there grandchildren. it's like kids have to pay for the yes. have to pay for the etc. yes. okay, i understand that i'm okay, now i understand that i'm very sympathetic towards it. the criticism is really clamouring across the chamber in the commons earlier on from labour about oh well the pensions announcements is helping the richest people they say it's helping the rich people what the conservatives trying to do is incentivise people to either get back into work or, to stay in work and they're doing by abolishing the lifetime pension and allow us to keep people work for longer. the argument against that would be as in again what labour party say would be what actually the tories are trying to bracket say as they're helping the nhs because they

have to keep consultants in there etc. so it's very much a mixed we're going to have to mixed bag we're going to have to look of this coming up look into all of this coming up that we are going so what the price facts. that's right and price of facts. that's right and we hear from labour we will hear from a labour spokesperson today's budget. spokesperson on today's budget. i'm christys

gb news jeremy hunt announced that the uk will not, i repeat, not enter recession this year, according forecasting. but labour leader keir starmer criticised the low growth predictions, posing the question to the opposition benchesif question to the opposition benches if working could really say they were better off after 13 years under conservative rule . but all of the chancellor's measures just more sticking plaster politics or as jeremy hunt puts our economy back on to a steady and safe path . well, a steady and safe path. well, let's hear now from the opposition because joining me is james murray mp, shadow financial secretary, the treasury. great stuff. great to have you on the show. thank you very, much. and has labour very, very much. and has labour been of spreading been accused of spreading fake

news economic doom and news about economic doom and gloom? when we've got growth figures predicted at 1.8, 2.5. 2.1. 1.9. and we were the fastest growing economy in the g7 last year. are you just trying to spread misery for political gain ? look, if you political gain? look, if you want to know what's happening with the economy, you just have to. at what? the office of budget responsibility has said alongside the budget and they've confirmed growth forecast confirmed the growth forecast has been revised downward today alongside budget . and if you alongside the budget. and if you look over the longer term know this not just about, you this is not just about, you know, one year or two years worth of economic data. this is also about what's also about looking what's happened 13 years and happened the last 13 years and real wages have fallen since 2010. and the decade that followed. and we know that we're in a worse off position now than we been under the labour government and, you government before. and, you know, what the know, i think what the government needed to government really needed to do today set up a credible plan today was set up a credible plan for growth, and that's what they failed to as you said, failed to do, as you said, they've failed out a they've failed to set out a credible plan growth . i credible plan for growth. i mean, lot of people would say

mean, a lot of people would say that a great thing that that is a great thing that they've with they've what they've done with they've what they've done with the they are obviously the pensions, they are obviously to keep people in work for longer . i to keep people in work for longer. i mean, labour longer. i mean, is labour opposed to that ? well, look , we opposed to that? well, look, we need to make sure when we're spending public that it's value for money and that it achieves the aims that we set out to achieve. and, you know, actually only permanent cut saw in only permanent tax cut we saw in the today was this cut the budget today was this cut aimed at the top 1% of earners through the pension changes. that's the only permanent tax cut which they set out just to pick up on that. so it just gives it value for money and some of the. but let me just let me just say you're asking you asked about, you know, i need to pick up on that because £17,000 being spent and getting back into work, i've to push back into work, i've got to push back on that because i thought the labour cared about labour party really cared about nhs. that was your nhs. i thought that was your baby you wanted to see it baby and you wanted to see it blossom. conservatives are blossom. the conservatives are indeed make sure that indeed trying to make sure that people who work in the nhs can stay work in the nhs longer. so you're criticising what you're saying pensions only

saying the pensions only benefiting wealthiest benefiting the wealthiest people. it's designed to people. i mean it's designed to help nhs. we can stop caring help the nhs. we can stop caring about that . well, we know that about that. well, we know that there's a particular issue with doctors, pensions and. that's something which, you know, i know another mp, i know from our constituents who are doctors often getting touch with us often getting in touch with us to talk about those problems. and you know we that that and you know we said that that needed be addressed but they needed to be addressed but they said this a tax cut, which said this is a tax cut, which is this handout is which is this is a handout is which is handed the top but handed towards the top 1. but actually you're about the actually you're asked about the nhs were setting out in nhs as we were setting out in the up to the budget what the run up to the budget what the run up to the budget what the government should is the government should do is scrap the non—dom tax loophole and use some of money saved scrap the non—dom tax loophole an

at the minute because bringing up the again does make sound potentially a little bit like you like a of you don't really like a of wealthy people. again, i would push back a bit on the pensions , as it were, for the top 1. i mean, these are people these are people who have paid the vat. no, these are people who have paid than anyone else paid more tax than anyone else for their entire working lives mean why should they be made to suffer again in in their suffer again in their in their retirement . you know, like retirement. you know, like tonight you you asked about our approach to taxation and our approach to taxation and our approach taxation . one of approach taxation. one of fairness it's about everyone paying fairness it's about everyone paying fair share. and what we've said unfair about the we've said is unfair about the non—dom tax loophole is it means that people have a lot of wealth overseas don't pay their overseas and don't pay their fair share now, we're fair share of tax. now, we're saying that loophole should be closed about fairness. closed this is about fairness. this targets , this is not about targets, particular group. about particular group. it's about making everyone pays particular group. it's about maki fair everyone pays particular group. it's about maki fair share everyone pays particular group. it's about maki fair share . everyone pays particular group. it's about maki fair share . and�*ryone pays particular group. it's about maki fair share . and�*rywe pays their fair share. and if we close a loophole, could then close a loophole, we could then invest the nhs workforce which would benefit everyone, the uk if so much about if you cared. so much about people the in people working in the nhs in pubuc people working in the nhs in public sector jobs, on earth public sector jobs, why on earth did keir starmer spend half an hour lineker

hour talking about gary lineker at questions ? at prime minister's questions? well that's a really important issue about free speech, about our important then it seems as if people outside our public sector ask as is one of these is one of these situations where you have prime minister's questions immediately before the budget . and so i think, you budget. and so i think, you know, probably care and others knew a of the issues knew that a lot of the issues around economy were going to around the economy were going to be picked up the budget debate that but you the that followed. but you know, the issue bbc and how we issue about the bbc and how we think about institution and think about that institution and that freedom of speech, that and the freedom of speech, the work the bbc the people who work on the bbc have important issues, have those are important issues, you for discourse you know, for public discourse about important issues about various important issues of a side you of the day. there a side you have you have pmqs. was have you have pmqs. it was followed the budget today and followed by the budget today and the is where the budget debate is where whilst the economy we're focussed on in detail focussed on in great detail whilst question whilst prime minister question time place , there time was taking place, there were thousands according were tens of thousands according to hundreds to some reports, hundreds of thousands workers thousands of sector workers shouting that building that you're stood in front of there clamouring public sector pay rises and keir starmer will have

that. jeremy hunt was not going to pull a massive rabbit out of the hat when comes to public sector pay and he's still chose to go in a millionaire footballer gary lineker would you have done that ? well you you have done that? well you know, i don't get to pick the questions. the prime minister's questions, but carers may have made point of raising an issue which has talked about by a lot of people across the country in the last few days and. you're talking that talking about making sure that people of people in different sectors of the a fair deal at the economy get a fair deal at work and get fair. that's something he's talked about extents well he's extents of as well in he's talked the need for the talked about the need for the government to get around the table representatives government to get around the tablyof representatives government to get around the tablyof differentsentatives government to get around the tablyof different teachers; government to get around the tablyof different teachers have lots of different teachers have built and all built a railway workers and all the industries where the other industries where industrial has happened industrial action has happened or threatened i care a sector or is threatened i care a sector out is it the government should get around the have these get around the table have these discussions workers with discussions with workers with the trade unions and up with deals to help avoid strikes deals to help to avoid strikes going okay, look, just going ahead. okay, look, just one very quick one on the one more very quick one on the illegal bill as well. one more very quick one on the illegpolls bill as well. one more very quick one on the illegpolls show bill as well. one more very quick one on the illegpolls show thatl as well. one more very quick one on the illegpolls show that 52% nell. one more very quick one on the illegpolls show that 52% of.l. one more very quick one on the illegpolls show that 52% of the the polls show that 52% of the pubuc the polls show that 52% of the public apparently the public apparently back the

decision to remove illegal immigrants and block them from returning just 60% of people strongly disagree with that is the labour party in recession in terms of the popularity stakes on this . no, i think the issue on this. no, i think the issue with small boats crossing the channelis with small boats crossing the channel is one that people across the uk something needs to be done about. i what the big division is in parliament the big debate is about is how we approach them and we think the government's approach is driven by gimmick, by headline plans by gimmick, by headline by plans that really work or have that won't really work or have effect in some, cases even that won't really work or have effycounterproductive cases even that won't really work or have effycounterproductive . ases even that won't really work or have effycounterproductive . whereas1 be counterproductive. whereas what we set out is that we target money to go after those gangs, to go after the people , gangs, to go after the people, to make that fewer boats to make sure that fewer boats are crossing in the first place so that people don't months in limbo in hotels without any return agreements in place internationally . because, look, internationally. because, look, joe, thank you very, very i really appreciate your time. honestly i do always enjoy our back and forth as james murray mp, shadow financial secretary to great as quite to the great stuff as quite a slick say the least anyway.

slick to say the least anyway. right, get the reaction right, let's get the reaction now cardiff . well now from cardiff. yes. well that's not implausible. hawkins has been talking to shoppers and still hold us there we go poll good stuff what's it like at the market. the shutters are coming down. shouts of five. so it's winding here today. down. shouts of five. so it's winding here today . but we've winding here today. but we've been here all day to talking traders and to the shoppers . and traders and to the shoppers. and in terms of those measures by jeremy hunt, the directly affected people's lives in a much immediate way than the big funding announced . the freeze in funding announced. the freeze in duty on pay. that's been warmly welcomed. also, the in duty fuel as well. that's been warmly welcomed by. a lot of people here in terms of what it means for wales this budget, £180 million in extra funding for the welsh government. they don't have to follow the westminster government's policies. of course they choose to do what with that money? what want and the child care announcement made by jeremy

hunt today that only applies to england now in wales at the moment if you have a three or four year old, you can get 30 weeks of funding per week, 30 hours, i should say per week funding. and that they're looking at extending that to all two year olds, some two year olds do get it who are from low income families. but there will be pressure on the welsh government some of that government to take some of that £180 that's been £180 million that's been allocated to wales today. and to use for childcare funding , use that for childcare funding, the welsh labour government already under pressure for implied and the welsh conservatives on that one. in terms of other announcements today, one of those 12 investment zones will come to wales. so that's an extra £80 million worth of funding over five years for that investment zone. again, the welsh government will probably have a say on where that ends in wales and then the holyhead breakwater as well, which is basically a to symbol protect holyhead and anglesey. it's about hundred and 50 years old, over announced £20

million worth of funding today. shore up the sea wall that protects holyhead, but terms of the day to day assistance for people's lives . yes, the energy people's lives. yes, the energy bill help . the extension of that bill help. the extension of that help has been warmly welcome and also the announcements on bear and on fuel duty have been warmly welcomed, but businesses are saying definitely speaking to people here, they're disappointed there aren't to people here, they're disap taxited there aren't to people here, they're disap tax cuts there aren't to people here, they're disap tax cuts andthere aren't to people here, they're disap tax cuts and that aren't to people here, they're disap tax cuts and that theret more tax cuts and that there isn't assistance for small isn't more assistance for small certainly in terms of grants. so there'll little of there'll a little bit of pressure on the welsh labour governments, maybe dig in to that million and try and that 180 million and try and help that way they help businesses that way they can stuff, paul. can then. lovely stuff, paul. thank very, paul thank you very, very much. paul hawkins. national report hawkins. our national report from in cardiff known from a market in cardiff known as market. i wouldn't as cardiff market. i wouldn't have with that name have to come up with that name anyway. it's bad anyway. right. it's been a bad day. it's a bad day for day. it's been a bad day for smokers. ladies and gentlemen . smokers. ladies and gentlemen. it's it down on my it's really put it down on my day you that much. day, let me tell you that much. but smokers going to be paying more for that. cigarettes as the chancellor announced, tobacco will get stuck . the will rise. let's get stuck. the details of how the government are trying meddle in this are trying to meddle in this pleasures of life the tax on

cigarettes is rising in line with the retail price index measure of inflation, which currently stands at 12.7, plus an extra 2% is applied to tobacco products in the uk. what does all of this really mean ? it does all of this really mean? it means the average price of a pack of 20 will go up by around £1.75 to nearly £15, and tobacco is no doubt i have to get involved with very shortly. we'll also increase by the rpi 6% on these increases come force from 6 pm. this evening. so beanng from 6 pm. this evening. so bearing in mind come air at 6 pm. this evening and this was whilst i was in the office, i've had no chance to do anything about it. well we went out and we asked the people if the price increase was going to make them give the habit is because if give up. the habit is because if not getting off on it, oh, i don't know, i'm going to stop . don't know, i'm going to stop. you're going to stop. that's going to make you stop smoking. i so, i mean, no i think so, yeah. i mean, no such £12 bucket . such thing as £12 bucket. absolutely shocking . probably

absolutely shocking. probably not. pound probably is not going to make all the difference in the world, but still , yeah, i'm the world, but still, yeah, i'm fortunate . am i? to be honest fortunate. am i? to be honest with you , i don't always buy with you, i don't always buy cigarettes because it's too expensive. yes, but it's not going to make me up. no addiction. yeah i'm joined now by christopher snowdon, who is the head of lifestyle institute of economic affairs . chris, what of economic affairs. chris, what do you make of this do you think people are trying to be priced out, simple pleasures of life, or is this a good thing? i'm aware that we might not have all you. i i'm sorry about this, chris. sorry. we're going to come back to you, i'm afraid. apologies apologies. stay where you are, chris. we'll get your audio and that we go. okay all right. fair enough. we are basically the time. anyway the chancellor budget chancellor unveiled his budget today of is we have not today there of is we have not stopped stuck stopped talking just get stuck into the smaller finer points of that some of the that and recap some of the measures. believe we've got measures. i believe we've got jasmin there we go. jasmine birtles is personal finance

expert on, the founder of money magpie .com. jasmine yes. i mean look, smoke is bad news for them, but good news for other people. i suppose people who have got kids and younger kids anyway are looking to get some childcare support such just run us through your highs and lows. the winners and losers of this big budget. i some of big budget. well i think some of the big winners of course of the very rich the ones on on really good earnings. i was it did make me laugh that jeremy hunt promoted it as doctors we want to get more doctors . it's rich to get more doctors. it's rich people basically rich people will be able to put as much they like pretty much into their pension pots up to £60,000 a yeah pension pots up to £60,000 a year. but after that it's a completely limitless pot also power parents and again he's aiming he says getting more women back into the so parents getting a lot more help with childcare or it seems to be anyway and he's also giving sweeteners people who might have been thinking about going into

child care i personally think that it would have been better simply to the rates at which the amounts were paid because that's one of the main reasons why people go into childcare. it's not well paid so they've well, the rest of us have done well. the increase well, the extension of paying are helping us with our fuel bills that's been extended the end of july or to the end of june. so that's a help to us. however i was deeply unimpressed at the corporation tax coming in 25. i think that is not going to help business. it won't help economy. i think it'll encourage various businesses to go out of the country . i was not impressed country. i was not impressed that he didn't unfreeze the personal allowance, personal tax . i was pleased that he didn't increase a fuel charge . that was increase a fuel charge. that was an obvious, i think . jasmine, an obvious, i think. jasmine, thank you very, very much. obviously was a bit rusty at the end. we had a lot. jasmine

birtles that personal finance expert and founder of money magpie .com right loads to come allow us to come we're picking apart this budget right the way through from pensions to smoke smokers smoke is a big club evaluates time for a break evaluates time for a quick break in minute .

yes welcome everybody is just going 5 pm. i'm this is gb news i'm with you for the next hour. here's what's on the menu, people. jeremy hunt. yes, that's right. his rather large package was unveiled in the house of commons earlier we're commons earlier on. we're focusing the top of focusing on pensions the top of this hour. good news, some pensioners out why and in pensioners find out why and in just a second. but yes, it was rather shouting and rather lots of shouting and hollering house of hollering outside the house of commons of , commons because tens of, thousands of people, public sector on strike. sector workers were on strike. we're going to find out exactly what will they want. i mean money really, isn't it? talking

of yes, that's right. a of money. yes, that's right. a whole of money the end of whole lot of money the end of potholes. gents but potholes. ladies and gents but around million quid has been around 200 million quid has been dished highway that dished out on the highway that you motorist there. you the average motorist there. well obvious well essentially the obvious chassis ruined by dodgy paul chassis ruined by a dodgy paul all of this coming your way i'm much much more shortly make much much more very shortly make sure stay ahead . yes let's sure you stay ahead. yes let's get your e—mails coming in lives in gbviews@gbnews.uk uk massively mixed bag in the inbox about this budget so far i'm just going to keep it general does this budget for you all you are happy are you a happy customer of ? jeremy hunt's tory customer of? jeremy hunt's tory budget gbviews@gbnews.uk. but right now as you headlines probably . patrick, thank you and probably. patrick, thank you and good afternoon you. well, let's look at this budget then . jeremy look at this budget then. jeremy hunt has set out his plan for the british economy in his first budget as chancellor, vowing to encourage millions to rejoin the workforce , boost britain's workforce, boost britain's financial growth . the chancellor

financial growth. the chancellor says the office budget responsibility now forecast uk will no longer enter a this yeah will no longer enter a this year. it says uk economy is on the right track with inflation predicted to fall from 10.7% in the final quarter of last year to 2.9% by the end of 2023. labour has accused the government of a managed decline of the country and said the budget was just a sticking plaster . let's look at the plaster. let's look at the detail then in a speech almost an hour, the chancellor measures including a in duty paid on draft products in pubs meaning beers ciders will be about $0.11 lower than they are in super markets, something he said was only possible post brexit and treasury will also freeze fuel duty for a further 12 months. it will also abolish the lifetime allowance on tax free pension savings . originally stood at savings. originally stood at £1,000,000. the energy price will remain in place for a further three months, meaning the average household will pay

two and a half thousand pounds year and around million customers on prepayment metres will now also pay the, same as those on direct debits . in those on direct debits. in another move, the chancellor announced an increase to the defence budget worth £11 billion over the next five years and a major shake up on childcare . major shake up on childcare. jeremy hunt said every over the age of nine months in eligible household would be offered 30 hours of free care and what any with a child under five to be prevented from working if they want to because it's damaging to economy and unfair mainly to women in eligible households where all adults are working at 16 hours we will introduce 30 hours of free childcare not just for three and four year olds, but for every single child over the age of nine months . it's the age of nine months. it's a package worth on average six and a half thousand pounds every year and reduced as their

childcare costs by nearly 60. well, the labour leader, sir starmer, said the budget dressed up stagnation as stability his opening post was that things aren't quite as bad now as they were in october last year. off the kamikaze budget. yeah, yeah . and the more that he pretends everything is fine, the more he shows just how out of touch they are . after 13 years of his are. after 13 years of his government our economy needed major surgery. but like millions across our country, this leaves us stuck in the waiting room with only a sticking plaster to hand. with only a sticking plaster to hand . well, union leaders hand. well, union leaders criticise chancellor's budget for failing to ongoing strikes across the country today of teachers junior doctors, tube drivers and bbc are all taking industrial action over issues including pay and pensions. you know, it's general says jeremy hunt didn't prioritise saving

the nhs instead a historic betrayal . now three men have betrayal. now three men have been arrested after a drive by outside a church in london january. one of them, 90 year old al rico nelson martin, has been charged with possession of a shotgun with intent to endanger life and six other counts of intent. the two other men have been arrested, suspicion of conspiracy to murder. they remain in custody. four women and two girls aged 11 and seven were injured in the incident. a eight year old is still undergoing treatment in hospital . those are your latest hospital. those are your latest news headlines . we're back at news headlines. we're back at half past with morsi. then . half past with morsi. then. yes, we are unpicking one of the most anticipated budgets chancellor has delivered for a number years. jeremy from accounts his financial plan and it in the midst of a cost of

living crisis ongoing war in ukraine having an impact a huge impact on the price of fuel and food. well today the chancellor sets out how he intends to give britain a boost with incentives to, get parents back to the workplace and businesses to invest and he made a bold claim that his measures would see a drastic in the rate of inflation. well if you're lucky people , can treat you too. our people, can treat you too. our economics and business editor liam halligan with more on what the chancellor announced earlier today. the chancellor announced earlier today . this was a steady as she today. this was a steady as she goes budget statement . a budget goes budget statement. a budget is about not rocking boat. it was a budget for growth . was a budget for growth. chancellor jeremy hunt. an economy proving the doubters wrong. and the economy certainly proof of his budget wrong because . the big economic because. the big economic picture , according to the opr, picture, according to the opr, is the uk will avoid recession in 2023. a considerable improvement in the economic. inflation will be down from

double digits now to point 9% dunng double digits now to point 9% during the last three months of this year . a during the last three months of this year. a considerable easing in cost of living crisis , also in cost of living crisis, also helping households on energy fuel bills. the chancellor maintained the price cap on household utilities , electricity household utilities, electricity and gas combined are two and a half thousand pounds until june, rather than raising it to £3,000. that will save the average household £160, said the chancellor and for hard pressed households using pre—payment metres tends to be more expensive . additional charges on expensive. additional charges on those will abolished from july , those will abolished from july, said the chancellor. a saving £45,045 per year for 4 million cash strapped families . fuel and cash strapped families. fuel and diesel duty was also frozen for the 13th year in a row pleasing motorists. the five pickup maintained though fuel duty remains $0.53 per litre with vat

charged. on top of that . then charged. on top of that. then when it came to drinks and cigarettes duty on draught beer will be frozen a change that will be frozen a change that will also implemented in northern ireland after the windsor framework because northern ireland does not have to adhere to eu rules on that and the package of 20 cigarettes will go up steeply by about £1.75. a big economic announcement or not announcement was that corporation tax go up from 19 to 25? that's the first rise in this profit tax since the early 1970s. the days of labour's denis healey. offsetting that though, the chancellor said full expensing would be allowed for three years. that means companies when they invest can , offset the cost they invest can, offset the cost of that investment against their corporation tax . an important on corporation tax. an important on nuclear power . the chancellor nuclear power. the chancellor saying atomic energy will now be classified as environmentally sustainable , meaning it sustainable, meaning it qualifies for more and there'll

be more government support for the smaller modular reactors that can be rolled out quickly to be manufactured by rolls—royce and others . there rolls—royce and others. there was help with childcare . the was help with childcare. the tories are trying to appeal to young couples in particular 30 hours a week of free childcare that will be extended to one and two year olds, as well as and four year olds as is currently the case. but because they enough nurseries that will have to be staged between now and 2025. back to work the chancellor's main claim that this was a budget for growth all about getting inactive making them more active . if the them more active. if the disabled will be able to work for longer without losing benefits and there'll be hope there'll be help for those over fifties , many of whom who left fifties, many of whom who left the workforce during the covid pandemic to back to work with skills and all the rest of . it. skills and all the rest of. it. the really big announcements the chancellor said that the annual tax free limits on pension

investments will be increased from 40 to £60000 and unthinkably large amount of money for most households . and money for most households. and he said the lifetime allowance would be abolished on those pension savings , claiming that pension savings, claiming that this would mean fewer nhs doctors retired in all, said the chancellor. and in summary we're following a plan and the plan is working. labour retorted that the tories are dressing up as stability as their expiry date looms closer. what we do know is that the economy has always will be the main battleground of the next general election. expect it in may 2024. well, there we go. an overview there of the budget announcements today from liam halligan . our economy is in halligan. our economy is in business added that we can live now though too on national reports the theo chikomba who is say chums lunch club and say chatty chums lunch club and graves. i'm a bit late for that are things to be fair but you're in kent. i was on where you are . good afternoon. so yes, we

spent day here at an ag case guide. so there was a chatty chums lunch club where people around the gravesend area came for lunch to socialise and course watched the budget as it happened. and for them was a moment just to see what's going to in there for them and how they can benefit from that . so they can benefit from that. so we did hear some changes when it comes to pensions. things have beenin comes to pensions. things have been in the headlines, particularly today. so was the pension lifetime allowance. so this is a lifetime allowance, which can put money into over their career and it was currently just over £1 million. and before today there was speculation that this would increased to around 1.6 to 1.8 million. but instead, the chancellor that it's going to be abolished completely . clearly in abolished completely. clearly in terms of what's going to happen , the charge is going to be removed in april. so that's next month and then next year, it's going to be completely . month and then next year, it's going to be completely. now this

is according to treasury. so in 2024, april , it will be 2024, april, it will be completely abolished and. then the second thing is the annual allowance. this is the money a person can pay into their pension each tax year. it's been around £40,000 at the moment. and we heard today from the chancellor that it's going to be increased by 50, taking it to £60,000, allowing people to make savings in that area. and of course, straight after the budget, i spoke some of the people here a mixed but we did hear from maureen and this is what she had to say it seems quite a good rise it sounds good, but of course. everything's going up so i suppose at the end of the day , suppose at the end of the day, we'll be back to sort of square one and that and i for example , one and that and i for example, i know that i'll be able to manage because oh, do manage my money quite well and i'm the one for going there, going out to

lunch. for going there, going out to lunch . the but it's nice to know lunch. the but it's nice to know that everybody's going to realise . now it is worth realise. now it is worth mentioning that both apply to private and of course people this evening will be taking the time to what this means for them the mood here though was positive for some others still having mixed opinions about the budget and others, of course were saying . they need some time were saying. they need some time to take all in, but plenty to go . as we heard from the spring budget today . yes. come by that. budget today. yes. come by that. thank you very much. right. okay. so to break this afternoon's budget down, even if there are winners, there are losers. aleppo of course. i'm joined now by director of public affairs at bay, rebecca o'connor. and got communications officer at the iea , the officer at the iea, the institute for economic affairs, reem abraham, great to have both of you. i normally say first, but there's no point this time is just throw the board is a i'll just throw the board and go for rebecca. rebecca, look, are zoning in a little bit

on pensions? there's millions of workers pensions workers will get pensions boost from chancellor abolishing from the chancellor abolishing the pension allowance the lifetime pension allowance but some pensions are telling me well no for me well this is no good for me because i'm not a millionaire told me through it. well you know what? the lifetime allowance doesn't allowance actually doesn't currently to 95 cent of currently apply to 95 cent of pension savers. it is the higher earners , the older workers, earners, the older workers, people with generous defined benefit, gold plated final salary schemes from their dim and distant past that are actually all added up quite a chunk of money. so supposedly someone switched on or rebecca, but supposedly consultants , but supposedly consultants, doctors who are of course all about to go on strike because they've been incredibly hard done by over the years. but they are apparently this are apparently within this pension bracket, which is remarkable, isn't it, for a group of very unfortunate individuals. so they're senior nhs consultants, they are paid a lot. they're you know , lot. they're very, you know, there's an undersupply of them and they have had a particular issue allowances has issue with allowances and it has been said chancellor is been said the chancellor is actually to get these nhs

actually trying to get these nhs consultants back to work and you know, he can get more hiring know, if he can get more hiring nurses or potential higher earners to work as well, earners back to work as well, then that's but it then that's great. but really it was designed get these back was designed to get these back in are very much needed by in who are very much needed by the because they're back at the nhs because they're back at ream a lot. but you're away now because was no talk of was because there was no talk of was that going for growth, we that we're going for growth, we can't grow houses . well well can't grow houses. well well you're exactly right. and the chancellor did actually that, you know, no one should be pushed out of the workforce for tax reasons . unfortunately, this tax reasons. unfortunately, this is the case for a lot of young people now. and i think that bullishly allowance is definitely a positive move. it's good those good for a lot of those individuals that are sort of going be incentivised to save going to be incentivised to save more pensions , save more for their pensions, save more for their pensions, save more their long term more for their long term economic prosperity. however there was nothing in this budget for young people. it does feel as though a lot of these older people are held hostage. the more experienced are clearly protected and clearly are being incentivised . work harder across incentivised. work harder across people and there aren't many in this budget at all. no of

housing, but also because of this fiscal drag, it means that as inflation rises a lot of us are being pushed up into the higher tax bracket where we otherwise wouldn't have been. so we're not being incentivised to work here. well, i understand , work here. well, i understand, but rebecca, am very but rebecca, i am very sympathetic to the older generation, that we generation, i think that we everything them as a nation, everything to them as a nation, frankly, and these people will have paid into the system a lot longer than i have paid longer than i have and paid a lot more in two ways. and, you know, deserve i guess, i think so regard so is. overall, would you regard it being news for pensioners it as being news for pensioners or just just the wealthy pensioners . yeah. and you know i pensioners. yeah. and you know i would actually say that it is it's good news for younger savers to potentially because what means is it is an what it means is it is an aspiration old thing isn't it. you you might have you know, you might not have £1,000,000 in your pension now, but one day might above but one day you might above a million and it does just, you know, the game slightly know, change the game slightly for diligent for people who are very diligent and want to boost their and really want to boost their pension and. you know, on pension pool and. you know, on the point on younger workers, actually the increase to childcare and free childcare for

younger families certainly is it is a boost and it will help with the gender pension gap because if parents are able to stay in work they're obviously contributing their too so contributing to their too so that will indirectly increase pension contributions for younger people too. that's interesting. now reem want to talk to you about growth because had the news that we're not going to go into a technical recession, which is fantastic. labouh recession, which is fantastic. labour, of course accused, spreading fake news by essentially saying we were going to the growth the next to do that. the growth the next four years, 2.5, 2.1. 1.9. four years, 1.8. 2.5, 2.1. 1.9. you know . we are the fastest you know. we are the fastest growing economy in the g7. last year as well. all things go to the iea and yourself preferred liz truss back in the hall say well i decided we'd particularly have an opinion on that but i will say is that i think that when looking at this budget as a whole, clearly we didn't see those same tax cuts that we saw proposed by the government's last year. what i think is clear

about the impact that those unfunded tax cuts had is that it did spook the market. so at the moment, using this word growth is incredibly politically charged. i mean, we saw keir starmer use the word growth in just a few months ago. now we're talking about growth. but actually this is then pursuing an anti growth agenda so they can use word growth. but if they're not implementing policies that are going to actually achieve that growth , actually achieve that growth, then unfortunately, we're going to slow growth to still see very slow growth or no growth at yeah, look of you. thank you very, very much. great way to. kickstart this 5:00 houh way to. kickstart this 5:00 hour. i really enjoyed that discussion that's rebecca o'connor, is the director of o'connor, who is the director of pubuc o'connor, who is the director of public bay, public affairs at pension bay, communications at the communications officer at the rim, yeah, great. we rim, abraham yeah, great. we covered all bases everywhere from pensions to childcare to grow to you name it. we did it so. how's chancellor done so. how's the chancellor done enough appease critics enough to. appease his critics whilst jeremy sets out his economic plans. tens of thousands of workers have been out on strike. i do think . it out on strike. i do think. it might if they weren't on might be news if they weren't on strike, are. i am patrick strike, but we are. i am patrick christys. this

gb newsroom. welcome back. lots of you've been getting in touch with your thoughts on the budget and john says i'm constantly hearing that childcare in the uk is than anywhere in europe. the us and australia. no one has explained why this is the case i'm 80 years of age and for all three children with little or no handout. this needs handout. so this needs investigating and establish how all other countries can all these other countries can provide cheaper than provide childcare cheaper than can here in the uk. it's a good point i've got to be asking you john. have the answers, mate but we to do our best we will endeavour to do our best some completely some from your. i completely disagree . the government disagree. the government shouldn't childcare shouldn't help with childcare shouldn't help with childcare shouldn't with childcare . shouldn't tell with childcare. okay years ago house prices were based on one salary and house pnces. based on one salary and house prices . days need two incomes to prices. days need two incomes to pay prices. days need two incomes to pay mortgages and rents should only do very well off . have only do very well off. have children, don't you think some mothers would love to have the choice to work while their children are young ? right. okay, children are young? right. okay, great. is. i anyway,

great. so. so this is. i anyway, because as i was saying earlier on, i was getting quite a lot of emails which surprised me at the time, i think about it time, but now i think about it a bit so from women, it was bit more so from women, it was saying actually this is a bad thing, that the government is helping to pay for childcare and taxpayers helping to pay for childcare. they saying, oh, look, we don't want to pay the people have that they people to have kids that they can't was a big can't afford. that was a big one. people say maybe one. but also people say maybe the conservatives should have been a more to help been doing a bit more to help promote quote unquote, promote the quote unquote, traditional family. so, you know, were and this know, they were saying and this is my views, if anyone jumps is not my views, if anyone jumps on we had several on me on twitter, we had several women in touch with me to say, look, don't women at look, why don't women stay at home, kids a bit home, look after the kids a bit more? a good thing for the more? it's a good thing for the family. it's a good thing the children. but this is the counterpoint to it, isn't it? which as the government's which is as the government's trying make get women which is as the government's tryinginto make get women which is as the government's tryinginto make quickly nomen which is as the government's tryinginto make quickly asnen back into work quickly as possible. means it possible. and that means it contributes economy quickly contributes economy as quickly as heard as well, as possible. we heard as well, didn't we a pensions didn't we from a pensions expert, was saying they expert, it was saying means they will own pension will pay into their own pension pot, reduce the pension, gender gap. so, yes, i can see the

logic behind it but yes, a mixed bag to the bag when it comes to the childcare steve childcare announcement steve says arguing people says to those arguing people shouldn't have kids if they can't afford they're can't afford them they're missing here we go is missing the point here we go is childcare that they can't afford not itself. okay not the child itself. okay interesting chicken and interesting slight chicken and 999 interesting slight chicken and egg think egg situation there i think steve, the more women go steve, the more women who go back the more people back to work, the more people are the pensions those are paying the pensions of those retired. would be great retired. it would be great if one stay home. one parent could stay at home. but days world you could but it's days world you could only afford that if one parent was big bucks at. was earning the big bucks at. i'm sympathetic towards of i'm very sympathetic towards of that of course am i hear that that of course i am i hear that is quite for is probably quite big reason for it. look, just want to veer is it. look, i just want to veer is onto something else happened earlier and i don't really earlier on and i don't really want let go because want to let this go because i think light of what was on think in light of what was on with the announcement with the budget announcement that has all the that clearly has all the headlines, was prime headlines, but there was prime minister's questions earlier on the and anybody notice the day and did anybody notice a very bizarre thing happen, which the day and did anybody notice a vethat zarre thing happen, which the day and did anybody notice a vethat keir thing happen, which the day and did anybody notice a vethat keir starmerippen, which the day and did anybody notice a vethat keir starmerippe an nhich is that keir starmer got an absolute rishi absolute kicking from rishi sunak have, i believe sunak now. we have, i believe we still tens of thousands still do have tens of thousands some say hundreds of some reports say hundreds of thousands public sector workers out side the house of commons and saying we want a pay aren't these the people these are the

people who . the labour party and people who. the labour party and keir starmer are supposed to be championing. go to keir starmer , 90 championing. go to keir starmer , go in with a pmqs, gary lineker and a few backbench tory mps saying that the bbc should lose their licence or sack him. he has six questions. the prime minister's questions okay. and he used all six of them on gary lineker and the bbc and the tories to triple the licence fee etc. you don't think that was a bit weird? no, that was a bit bizarre. what he allowed was sunak's a hit back and just rattle off the list of good things that he's done. the deal, the illegal immigration bill, the illegal immigration bill, the and the the defence spending and the growth and just growth figures, etc. and just on that as can't help but that as well, i can't help but wonder whether or tide wonder whether or not the tide is starting to turn in the court of public opinion redfield of public opinion in redfield and showed keir and wilton poll showed keir starmer sunak as starmer and rishi sunak as separated one in separated by just one point in the polls in blue wall the opinion polls in blue wall seats, big news rishi seats, which big news rishi sunak also new polling by post about goodwin shows that more than country 52% back than half the country 52% back the illegal migration bill wanting to remove immigrants and

block from returning . just 16% block from returning. just 16% strongly disagree with the bill. so just your daily reminder that twitter is not real life. ladies and gentlemen, get your views coming in. but darren mccaffrey joins me now. gb news is political editor. i want to pick up on this subject. darren, thank you very. yeah. it's great to have you back on the show. of course do you think that the tide is turning a little bit when it comes public opinion when it comes to public opinion is the tories making a little is it the tories making a little bit of surge all? i bit of a surge at all? yeah, i think it's perfectly for rishi sunak to feel pretty chipper about the last couple of weeks. in fact, actually on the way here, i bumped into here, patrick, i bumped into a senior he said senior conservative mp. he said he cannot . it's been a hell of he cannot. it's been a hell of a long time since he can remember a three week period that seemed to well the to have gone so well for the conservative party with that windsor you say, windsor framework. as you say, the him on macron and the deal with him on macron and the deal with him on macron and the publication of the immigration bill orcus immigration bill and that orcus over the weekend, which clearly, you know, stunning alongside president biden and, prime

minister albanese, two of the uk's closest allies, what do you some good. and of course the rescue deal that happened over the suv bank . the weekend with the suv bank. yes rishi sunak has got yes i think rishi sunak has got right to be chipper. bit odd as you say, for starmer to go on the bbc today though in his defence he would say you know i've read strikes quite a lot. i can't really talk about the budget because that's what i was going to do a couple of hours later. and his attempt i suppose was in many ways is to go beyond gary lineker and link this back to prime minister the to the prime minister with the appointment as the appointment of richard as the bbc chairman, that was the prime minister clear wasn't minister make clear that wasn't his is his decision and. it is interesting that every interesting that at every opportunity distance opportunity he wants distance himself decision to himself from that decision to appoint sharpe as appoint richard sharpe as chairman the bbc in saying chairman of the bbc in saying that the role, you know, there will questions these will questions about these budgets. questions , budgets. there'll be questions, least the right of least of all, on the right of the party. tax the conservative party. the tax burden on the country that this budget is going to continue to pursue. going to see pursue. we're going to see highest continued, the highest tax country's ever seen. tax burden country's ever seen. and where

and also questions about where economic coming from, economic growth is coming from, because ap, because according to the ap, all actually lot this economic actually a lot this economic growth to come from growth is going to come from increased migration in years increased migration in the years to come. mood on the to come. but the mood on the conservative pretty chipper conservative is pretty chipper clear that sunak's had clear that rishi sunak's had a pretty mood. an pretty good mood. i spent an awful lot the last couple of awful lot of the last couple of days with him and fro from days with him to and fro from the united states, and he seems he's kind of comfortably sliding into of getting to grips into kind of getting to grips things. but all i would say is, as we've seen quite a lot in the past, governments can mess things. and while they've had a good couple of weeks, it doesn't take for the tide to turn . take much for the tide to turn. yeah. opportunity darren yeah. so look opportunity darren thank you very, much darren thank you very, very much darren mccaffrey that political mccaffrey that is political editor on downing street for us. i think it's worthwhile let's take it a step back. we've been banging on about spring budget all and rightly of all day and rightly so, of course, absolutely massive course, it is absolutely massive news does it very news and it does it very directly affect absolutely everybody's if everybody's lives in the. but if we zoom out for second, we just zoom out for second, ladies and gents, and just have a maybe that a look at maybe the job that rishi sunak is doing in general the last two pmqs been pretty good, today. today's good, especially today. today's prime rishi

prime minister's questions rishi sunak a thing was trying to starmer a thing was trying to catch him out a little bit by talking gary lineker and talking about gary lineker and you that look as you see that made him look as silly he sounded. and if you silly as he sounded. and if you just some of the things just look at some of the things that are taking place in the last weeks darren last few weeks as darren mccaffrey to that mccaffrey was alluding to that we've got this orcus deal. so that's big, big international that's a big, big international defence deal. we've got the domestic defence as domestic defence spending as well. pretty decent well. we've got pretty decent ish growth when we're ish growth figures when we're going swerve a recession, going to swerve a recession, by the things, they've got the looks of things, they've got the looks of things, they've got the which the illegal migration belt which is, you read is, despite what you will read and twitter, popular with and see on twitter, popular with the majority of people in this country. so actually it's registering, not doing quite a good job and even people and i'm keen to hear from you on this gbviews@gbnews.uk if you were a massive funded boris johnson and you are very soft, the same guy or , you just thought that maybe or, you just thought that maybe rishi sunak was in some way culpable to that you to culpable to that all you to rishi in light of what rishi sunak in light of what we've just seen at the moment gb views a gb news .uk i have got loads more still to come between now and 6:00. that's great news

for motorists. that's right. find out why jeremy hunt has offered something which offered to fix something which has motorists much has been driving motorists much say we driving motorist say what we did driving motorist mad years no clue we will mad for years no clue we will fill you in very very shortly and we're heading up to dunk just to one of the red wall seats where people have felt neglected are they happy with , neglected are they happy with, jeremy hunt's package? but first, something, latest news headunes first, something, latest news headlines polly middlehurst . headlines polly middlehurst. patrick, thank you. the stories jeremy hunt has announced his first budget as chancellor vowing to encourage millions to rejoin the workforce and boost britain's financial . the britain's financial. the chancellor says the for budget responsibility now for cost the uk will no longer enter recession this year. it says inflation is instead predicted to fall from 10.7% at the end of last year to , 2.9% by the end of last year to, 2.9% by the end of 2023. labour response added by accusing the government of a

managed decline of the country, describing the as a sticking plaster . well, here describing the as a sticking plaster. well, here are describing the as a sticking plaster . well, here are the key plaster. well, here are the key points . chancellor announced points. chancellor announced a change in the on draught products sold in pubs , allowing products sold in pubs, allowing them to be up to $0.11 lower than supermarkets . the treasury than supermarkets. the treasury will freeze fuel duty for a further 12 months, abolish the allowance on tax free savings which originally stood £2 million. the energy price guarantee will remain in place another three months. that means the average household will pay two and a half thousand pounds a year and 4 million customers on prepayment metres will pay the same as those on direct debit. the chancellor also announced an increase to a defence budget worth 11 billion over the next five years and in a major shake up of childcare provision , hunt up of childcare provision, hunt unveiled that every child over the age of nine months in eligible will be offered 30 hours of free childcare week. now you leaders have criticised

the chancellor's budget for failing to tackle ongoing strikes across the country . that strikes across the country. that says thousands of teachers , says thousands of teachers, doctors, tube drivers and bbc journalists took action over issues including pay, jobs and pensions unite's general secretary jeremy hunt didn't prioritise the instead delivering a historic betrayal . delivering a historic betrayal. in other news , defence secretary in other news, defence secretary says moscow should international airspace after russian jets collided an american drone over the black sea yesterday. ben wallace says america has called the incident with the white accusing russia of recklessly with its reaper drone . it raises with its reaper drone. it raises fears of an escalation . the two fears of an escalation. the two superpowers with russia calling a provocation. those are your latest news headlines . we're latest news headlines. we're back again .

back again. at six. yes. welcome back, everybody . yes. welcome back, everybody. i'm going to do a couple of emails before we with you on to the rest of the show . just the rest of the show. just before we went to poly that with the headlines was asking you to just zoom out a little bit from the budget and just have a look at the kind of job that you think rishi doing so far. think rishi sunak doing so far. i think she's doing fantastically she's from fantastically well. she's from jennifer he's come jennifer since he's come power, he slowly surely started he has slowly but surely started to out the mess left his to sort out the mess left his three go rushing. three predecessors go rushing. you have my vote. that's jennifer but and this is much the other side of it john getting in touch to say patrick you're punch—drunk mate i wish by both are still coming nothing changes and we're going to be poorer so there you go so obviously there's certainly mixed bag when it comes to russia. i mean, it was what led me to ask that question for you was what happened pmqs earlier today, which was keir starmer ridiculously going multi ridiculously going in multi millionaire footballing pundit gary lineker instead the fact gary lineker instead of the fact that were tens, thousands, that there were tens, thousands, if hundreds thousands of

if not hundreds of thousands of striking workers striking public sector workers just shouting at them from outside house of commons. outside the house of commons. i mean, none of the people he allowed rishi sunak to rattle off things he's in the off the things he's done in the last weeks alone. and last few weeks alone. and actually they are quite important at you important when you at it you know got why have you know we've got why have you feelings in feelings about the war in ukraine he stopped and ukraine is he stopped and furthered johnson furthered what boris johnson doing the orcus deal doing there. does the orcus deal the submarine pact you've got the submarine pact you've got the illegal migration now the illegal migration bill now again, important to again, yes. it's important to say has happened say that has really happened there apart from the fact there yet apart from the fact that it's through and it that it's going through and it does the support of, does have the support of, according to the latest polling, 52% of the british public, which is massive and don't believe everything see on people and everything you see on people and jeremy hunt was able to stand there and announce today that we're not to go into we're not going to go into a technical recession. according to figures. he to the latest figures. and he can predict a minor, but growth nonetheless over the next few years. and we were the fastest growing economy in the g7 last yeah growing economy in the g7 last year. again, despite what you might be hearing from certain sectors online. so when you look at it like that, i just wonder

whether we'll know wind has been taken out of customers sails a little bit. your views on all of this ? of course. this? of course. gbviews@gbnews.uk jason says they this is on labour. they will lose the election because of obsession with policy guys and not sorting the migration . and not sorting the migration. so that's where we are , right? so that's where we are, right? okay. keep your views coming in because there's loads more still to come as we now sex for all of you motorists tuned. i will tell you motorists tuned. i will tell you what jeremy hunt has offered. he's going fix something that has driving something that has been driving you mad years. can you guess you mad for years. can you guess what it is, if not? well, i'll you in shortly. i'm patrick christys . is

gb news. well here are gb news. you know there's only one opinion that we care about and that is yours. and that is why tonight michelle dewberry and nigel will be broadcasting live from for the

gb news budget special . very gb news budget special. very pleased to say that we can go live now to speak to gb news presenter michelle dewberry. yes, good. so how's donnie ? yes yes, good. so how's donnie? yes hello. i've got to be honest, right . cold and it's wet, but right. cold and it's wet, but it's yorkshire, so me anyway, thatis it's yorkshire, so me anyway, that is absolutely perfect. we're in a wonderful pub. although, i've got to be honest . i'm in a van although, i've got to be honest .i'm in a van in the although, i've got to be honest . i'm in a van in the pub car .i'm in a van in the pub car park right now, which is less glamorous because any minute now i shall be in a pub in doncaster very excited to be there. can't wait to meet the great people of doncaster and a couple mines. i've up from as i've travelled up from hull as well, such those as i'm well, such as those as i'm loving this. so doubt, no doubt. nigel farage is already in the pub. but what you got coming up, what was the plan then? what's the situation? why are we in doncaster? well well, there's only one story in town . i'm only one story in town. i'm going to give you one guess as to what it is. don't mess, patrick. it's a big moment. what? one story directly we're

going to be focusing in on tonight. space the budget. the budget? indeed, the budget. budget? yes indeed, the budget. and there's so much to get into. so i'm asking viewers at home as well, what does it mean to you? is it a good for you, a bad day? is it a good for you, a bad day? is it a good for you, a bad day? is it also irrelevance because you don't feel like it's impacted way, shape impacted life in any way, shape or form? housewife's favourite habib. keeping habib. he's going to be keeping me joe phillips. me company as is joe phillips. they've got very strong views to get this as well. the fun get into this as well. the fun testing. so this is gold. michelle well, a lot of people are going out to make sure day she did and i hope they let you out of the back of that van and into the pub at some point save it go over there let me our. yeah well you can make the most of them. yeah. before they do uncle jeezy kicks in if you're a fan of warm british ale, which i know nigel farage the new. know nigel farage is the new. all but if you like all right, but if you like anything else, then you screw, don't michelle michelle? don't you, michelle michelle? well, if as sophisticated, just me and more a wine drinker than is not being news as a no sorry. oh, that i've seen you drink now i'm only joking, michelle. let's

take right, i'll say take out. all right, i'll say this. wish out every wonderful this. i wish out every wonderful result every very good presenter and live doncaster with and we all live doncaster with her know 4 hours to make sure her i know 4 hours to make sure you stay tuned for is going you stay tuned for that is going to okay so that we go to be gold okay so that we go now to give her take on the announcement made earlier this afternoon by the afternoon i am joined by the charity as age uk is caroline abrahams because pensioners were some of the big big announcements today carol i'm just going to ask pretty straightforward what do you make of an aide of it, your capacity as an aide representative? we are happy . representative? we are happy. are not happy . we liked some of are not happy. we liked some of it. we a bit disappointed with other bits , bit that we really other bits, bit that we really like is really important for pensioners, particularly if they're on a low income. was the extension of the energy bill support to july it was going stop in april but the chancellor's still a very very welcome. you after a lobby led by martin lewis amongst we were part of it too and so that that protection continues it's really really important . of course, it really important. of course, it doesn't mean people's bills are

going to go down, but it does stop them from going up. so that's really important but of course, would like that course, we would like that security to continue for people into the future. and we're a bit that he didn't announce that he was to introduce an energy social tariff today although . we social tariff today although. we think the government might well do in next weeks so do that in the next weeks so that that was the stella of the stand measure for us. also really pleased that he said he was going to how much you pay if you buy your fuel through a metre rather than over direct debit, that's going to 600,000 poorer, poorer households are made up with older folks . so made up with older folks. so them as well. but the disappointment for us really was he didn't say anything about investing more in social care and given that there are loads of people in their fifties and sixties who have to stop work in order to provide for a loved one, because there's not a good, reliable and affordable local service . we think that's a big service. we think that's a big missed opportunity given the tackling inactivity was

tackling economic inactivity was a big a big goal of his in his budget. so well well yes. absolutely can i just get your take on? we do have a lot of younger viewers as. well, and they say things to me like, well, there was nothing about house building and now we're being priced out in the market and they need to do a bit to help as we childcare and you know more people practically know get more people practically reproducing i suppose and reproducing i suppose really and able to look after the able to able to look after the kids all just be kids as well can't all just be about people in their later years. so how would you respond to people, younger people who thought they needed there needed to be more for the young'uns in their might be right their well might well be right i might well agree but obviously i'm here to talk about all the people that have to be either an either or you're not just helping older people you're helping older people you're helping of young disabled people as well and you're helping the wheels go out of our economy. i think that's really the point. so i see why he's chosen to invest in childcare , but invest in childcare, but actually there are loads of

families not only trying to care for their children but also worried about their older relative . so from a families relative. so from a families point of view, it would have been great to see both. okay. so some of your highlights then i suppose there is course suppose there is of course towards towards the top end towards the towards the top end of the lifetime of the pension is the lifetime pension allowance being abolished. that's good abolished. okay, that's good stuff . let's keep people in work stuff. let's keep people in work for . as as for longer. also, as well as you've rightly identified as well. thing potentially well. another thing potentially for slightly more elderly people, is of course, the people, which is of course, the energy price cap, etc. so that's quite good. so some wins, but maybe a bit more could have been done. maybe a bit more could have been done . caroline, thank you very, done. caroline, thank you very, very thank you very very much and thank you very much for all of the great work that as well. uk of that you do as well. age uk of the charity is very to my heart. so caroline abrahams, who is the charity director age you care charity director at age you care if allowed to say this but if i'm allowed to say this but if i'm allowed to say this but if few quid knocking if you got a few quid knocking about age is about maybe sleeping age uk is way anyway. the way better anyway. the chancellor jeremy way better anyway. the chancellorjeremy hunt has chancellor jeremy hunt has announced boost in announced a major boost in funding for communities help funding for communities to help address hole address the current pot hole crisis. so the spending review allocates £500 million every

year to the pothole funds scheme . so we are going to be talking about very shortly. all we know is the bane . a lot of your is the bane. a lot of your existence, isn't it really? which is you driving along, existence, isn't it really? which is you driving along , then which is you driving along, then wallop. there you go. how much is it really cost to fill a pothole for goodness sake anyway. that is going to be a problem. no longer. gentlemen, and we're to talk very and we're going to talk very shortly to mr. pothole . yes, shortly to mr. pothole. yes, that's right. and as i'm sure you aware, gb news is you are well aware, gb news is the shuttle show the people shuttle show is nothing without at home. nothing without you not at home. and bit on michael gove in and a bit on michael gove in me referendum quite enough referendum i've had quite enough of experts and joining me now to give hot takes on this give their hot takes on this afternoon's budget announcement is juue afternoon's budget announcement is julie from is gb news view is julie from bedfordshire lisa is from bedfordshire and lisa is from bristol. great stuff. both you fantastic stuff. leigh where are you on the. oh no sorry it's always ladies first apologies apologies unless you've chosen to do it. sam smith and identifies did you know what i did and i'm not sorry julie i'll start with you . okay. so. so start with you. okay. so. so what do you make of the budget? juue what do you make of the budget? julie i've got to be honest, i

it quite a positive budget . me it quite a positive budget. me and i know a lot of people have focussed on the fact that we haven't seen tax implications for the personal tax allowance . for the personal tax allowance. we haven't seen national insurance and stuff like that be affected . but when you look at affected. but when you look at what jeremy hunt said trying to do here, i think he's got more of a long feature . i mean, of a long game feature. i mean, for me, a couple of things that stood working secretary stood out was working secretary is going to be releasing a white paper to reform disability benefit system . that's something benefit system. that's something that definitely needs to be reformed. we've seen so many problems with the assessment process that and i think again the amount of money that he's put into regional and regeneration areas at the moment have high levels of unemployed meant that regeneration is going to be putting jobs out there in places where it needs. so i think from an immediate impact, no, it probably hasn't benefited a lot of people. i think long term this has been a very positive budget. me yeah, okay. good stuff . i'll get your views

good stuff. i'll get your views on it because i know that some of the people who will be regarded the big losers in this might be small business owners which think for which is i think for a supposedly a nation of shopkeepers, not necessarily great stuff. is it la obvious ? great stuff. is it la obvious? yeah.i great stuff. is it la obvious? yeah. i mean i agree a lot of what was said actually overall, not that bad, but i agree with liam liam halligan, his take on it. it was a kind of steady as she goes budget, nothing radical just a bit of tinkering around the edges, you know, a bit if anything like and uninspiring certainly looking at from a small business point view but in my view as a business owner , my view as a business owner, there was a huge missed opportunity on lowering the taxpayer's burden , which, you taxpayer's burden, which, you know, irrespective of what jeremy hunt says has the potential to massively boost growth you know he should have scrapped that rise in corporation tax that in my view cut it to the lowest in the g7. but know the good news is the headunes but know the good news is the headlines about the economy are much better . the doom and headlines about the economy are much better. the doom and gloom predicted previous slate era and

i'm saying we you know we were going to have a year long recession when our forecast to avoid a technical recession. well we are we are and in fact, i think this is good way of moving on forgive because i'm now too i i'm 50 minutes into relentless budget right so at this point my brain is fried. sure everyone else is as well. i've got to you, julie, a bit about your take on the reaction from some of the opposition benches , because we got rosy benches, because we got rosy outlook on britain's economy than many of us were expecting . than many of us were expecting. it says with the growth figures , no recession, etc. i couldn't but wonder whether or not that was almost greeted with a of disdain for the labour because it did seem to as though they quite wanted it to be doom gloom and wasn't would it make and it wasn't what would it make of of that. julie yeah, of all of that. julie yeah, i have admit . of all of that. julie yeah, i have admit. it felt to me have to admit. it felt to me when keir starmer stood up to, to put his opposition opinion forward, he actually had nothing to say. he was looking the negatives in what ultimately has been quite a positive budget . been quite a positive budget. and to me, unfortunately keir

starmer is just starting to be a bit of white noise. it's just an annoying noise in the background that keep hearing. he's that i just keep hearing. he's got an awful lot to say without actually saying anything i had a boss years that used to say boss many years that used to say to me, bring me solutions. julie ford problems . so. keir ford not problems. so. keir starmer bring me not problems . starmer bring me not problems. fantastic. i love it. i absolutely love it. wonderful stuff. the eyes of a newspaper i used to say lots of as well. i it right . i'm used to say lots of as well. i it right. i'm going to ask you as well about now just in the round xerox performance, there was lot of persuading think he needs to do for the average individual out there on the street when he first took the job. there's lot of things going around about was he sort he stabbed boris in the back and all of this stuff and was he a bit dull when you actually look on at what he's done so far i think he's doing all right isn't who got old because illegal migration despite you migration again despite what you see twitter is popular. the see on twitter is popular. the latest polling 52% of people

basically backing . okay which is basically backing. okay which is enough let's honest was enough let's be honest was enough let's be honest was enough brexit defence enough for brexit defence spending , the growth figures, spending, the growth figures, etc. easy. think he's doing all right, isn't he? sunak yeah, i think that is. i think that's fair . say you think that is. i think that's fair. say you probably think that is. i think that's fair . say you probably know my fair. say you probably know my feelings on rishi sunak have been really great because was bons been really great because was boris fan, but i think there are some things that are not necessarily his doing which are he he's able take the credit for but you know especially with these predictions of inflation coming down, you can't really can't really say that government's had a huge impact on that . but is what's really on that. but is what's really going to count is whether people are going to he going to grow on people is if people really see a change of circumstances in their financial situation and you know and there are a couple of good things that are going to help for the cost living crisis that come from budget, which are come from this budget, which are probably to benefit him, probably going to benefit him, too. so we got the fuel duty freeze, energy price freeze, we got the energy price guarantee that's going to carry on another three months. on for another three months. i think. booze duty

think. i think the booze duty going to stay put, too, which should be quite popular. and of course the childcare stuff which is the economy. is going help the economy. but what, on what, what our judgement on rishi sunak is going to be based on how the economy doing by middle of next year, end of this yeah middle of next year, end of this year, middle next year. and if these predictions, if they do happen , i actually think we'll happen, i actually think we'll probably exceed them. it is going benefit rishi sunak . probably exceed them. it is going benefit rishi sunak. i going to benefit rishi sunak. i think in with a show. think he's in with a show. i think he's you? well, you know, i he's a decent shot i he's got a decent shot certainly if you have asked me this three weeks ago. i would have a much different view have had a much different view then and so that's then got today. and so that's suppose a step in the right direction you direction for both of you thoroughly it thank thoroughly enjoyed it thank you very and julie especially very much and julie especially you not problems you did bring me not problems that's duty forward that's a duty forward bedfordshire ali harris from bristol of my favourite gb bristol two of my favourite gb views rolled into one lovely package right so moving on the terms that jeremy hunt has announced a boost funding for announced a boost in funding for communities address communities help address the current . is this a jobs current pothole. is this a jobs outset? it is a crisis that people i can't move for potholes . the spending review allocates

£500 million every year to the pothole funds. but how many potholes are there 500 million quid but mr. decided to increase that fund by further £200 million for next year, delivering budget speech. he said the what then cold winter resulted in him receiving strong representations from pays and councillors about the curse balls. hey i completely it just seemed like rather a lot of money though the. announcement comes as pothole complaints have seemed rise significantly in seemed to rise significantly in recent shed some light recent years to shed some light this i am now joined by pothole campaigner mark murrell, also known as mr. pothole fantastic stuff and look is welcome news for you. i can see i think you're in a car hopefully that car won't be driving any potholes any time soon. a few on the way . welcome news because the way. welcome news because it's 200 million. it wasn't going to happen in the first place, but it's only half of what they cut from the road.

maintenance last year. so we're not actually better off. to not actually better off. and to put in context , there's a £12 put it in context, there's a £12 billion locomotive maintenance in this country. and next week when the report comes out, i strongly suspect it be even higher. so to be honest, it's like being the sea . lovely like being the sea. lovely stuff, lovely stuff . okay, stuff, lovely stuff. okay, alright, the imagery there from mr. pothole and button. forgive me how, bad. how bad is the nation's pothole problem? i know they're annoying. the terrible . they're annoying. the terrible. this is over. i mean, i'm going to. i'm is it really right? to. i'm but is it really right? it's reported that one cyclist is killed or seriously injured each week as a result of potholes and are reversed. plus motorcyclists are killed or injured as if badly maintaining roads as a cost to society that impacts families . also, we impacts families. also, we reflect on about ten years ago that badly maintained road cost in the uk economy , £5 billion a in the uk economy, £5 billion a year will now go with inflation, particularly with the increases more recently you can probably

double that. so my argument is the idea of solutions fairly easy. you actually wasting money spending , repairing potholes, spending, repairing potholes, you should be resurfacing your roads in £3 billion a year every year like a country is. do a long term plan in japan for example, and resurface our roads in ten years time. not if 5% oppose your goal. well, is it a little bit like truck? broom. only fools and horses we keep up the roads instead of actually just resurfacing them in one job. it's not what you would that shiny shop because patch of main patch of main as quickly as they repair one one appears after we see poor repairs we submit i've some lethal ones in places like . la scala music bank places like. la scala music bank campaign up there that are very active . it's got 10,000 members active. it's got 10,000 members every day reporting defects . i every day reporting defects. i mean, of the number of groups and it is a serious slide. i mean you know it's costing most it's an awful lot of money and extra wear and tear and tyres and they get very little chance of claiming their money back.

mark, i've got to ask. i never we're pressed for time here, but you are mr. pothole and just something a little bit personal if that's all right. it is there a big pothole community is growing. i've got a power. i'll be on social media, various groups. oh, mr. kojo . so mr. groups. oh, mr. kojo. so mr. paul asks about it and i set up national day some years ago to keep the attention on. i even took the time short of boris when he was in power round number around parliament square for pmqs. but you couldn't believe this. we were held on a low loader on the westway for a follows on the radio, doing it right to it is fantastic . okay. right to it is fantastic. okay. all right love arkansas the old town off to get you back any. excuse for me now to talk about paul's. you're going to be back next week or i want to increase the appeal see it next tuesday comes. on well i'll see you on tuesday there we go mama . all tuesday there we go mama. all thatis tuesday there we go mama. all that is also known as mr. pothole stuff. that is that is

my kind guest, ladies and gentlemen. that's it for me . gentlemen. that's it for me. dewbs& co is coming next, and that's going to be live from doncaster is followed is what we've got live pictures hotting up of doncaster up the people of doncaster they're out force out there they're out in force out there so going be jobs is so it's going to be jobs is going natural . wine, you going be natural. our wine, you may a red wall? may ask what is a red wall? they've traditionally felt a bit left this budget left behind. what is this budget done for no, you go. hey done for that? no, you go. hey people at doncaster, how we go fantastic. right? okay. michelle dewberry , we will join you very, dewberry, we will join you very, very shortly. lovely very shortly. the lovely doncaster . i will see you doncaster. i will see you tomorrow , 3 pm. all right. know tomorrow, 3 pm. all right. know i'm at cheltenham. i'll see on friday, but . there's help for households. are you over state pension age? if your weekly income is below £182.60, or £278.70 if you live with a partner, you could be eligible for pension credit, even if you own your home or have savings. it's worth, on average, £3,500 a year

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one day as let me out of the studio. yes, i'm in a pub. yes i am in yorkshire . travel? yes we am in yorkshire. travel? yes we are live from doncaster. good evening, everybody . was are we evening, everybody. was are we going to be speaking about tonight ? well, going to be speaking about tonight? well, i going to be speaking about tonight ? well, i feel there's tonight? well, i feel there's just one topic in town today , just one topic in town today, the budget. i want to talk to you tonight and i want to know what have you made? so we're all doesit what have you made? so we're all does it affect you? are you happy tonight? you sing? i hope i