average pay in chorley is a little below the national average.in their pockets. some people on more than a living wage at the moment, but they will benefit from the tax threshold going up. and that will be the main difference for them. and the era of austerity is finally coming to an end... do you believe him? no, not at all. national minimum wage, it isn't enough to cover odds and ends. bills are going up. making work pay is the chancellor's goal but here in chorley it didn't seem to make a difference day to day. coletta smith, bbc news. live now to our political editor, laura kuenssberg. the chancellor said the hard work of the british people is paying off so are we seeing an end to austerity? it is true in this sense, and the government wants us all to think it's a big change in direction. for yea rs it's a big change in direction. for years and years tory chancellors have stood up to deliver their budget, talking about how on average government departments will see the amount of cash they have to spend shrinking. what philip hammond said toda

coletta smith, bbc news in chorley. we can discuss some of these themes.itor, in westminster. but first to our business editor, simonjack, who is here with me. how has this gone down in the business world? pockets of pleasure, some help for the high street which has had a horrible year. £900 million cut to 500,000 businesses will see their business rates cut by a third but very few of the big busts like toys "r" us, maplin, the store closes at governance and house of fraser will be caught by that because they are under pressure from some of the online retailers. we talked about this new tech tax and a lot of people are saying that is bold committee going off on his own by doing it but it does not come in until 2020 and there will be international agreement on a more co—ordinated approach to that. although he looks like a trailblazer, he would rather have safety in international numbers on it if he is honest. 0n the whole, businesses are thinking, we have spent a lot of money today, £100 billion overfive years, spent a lot of money today, £100 billion over

coletta smith, bbc news in chorley.ncellor has unveiled his final budget before brexit next march, with a promise that the era of austerity is coming to an end. philip hammond said there would be a rise in tax—free personal allowances from next april — and more money for defence, health, and the flagship welfare reform — universal credit. in response, the labour leader jeremy corbyn said the budget wouldn't undo the economic damage done by eight years of austerity. leicester city's players have been to see the many floral tributes outside the ground, following the death of the club's thai owner vichai srivaddhanaprabha, and four others, in a helicopter crash on saturday. air accident investigators are examining the flight recorder of the helicopter, which crashed next to the stadium. today, prince william, who's president of the fa, praised the businessman for his contribution to the game as our sports editor dan roan reports. the people of leicester had paid their respects to their clubs owner. today it was the turn of

average pay in chorley is a little below the national average.e people on more than a living wage at the moment, but they will benefit from the tax threshold going up. and that will be the main difference for them. and the era of austerity is finally coming to an end... do you believe him? no, not at all. national minimum wage, it isn't enough to cover odds and ends. bills are going up. making work pay is the chancellor's goal but here in chorley it didn't seem to make a difference day to day. coletta smith, bbc news. a number of the chancellor's announcements focused on housing — all first—time buyers purchasing shared equity homes of up to £500,000 are to be exempt from stamp duty. and the government also announced an extra £500 million for the housing infrastructure fund. let's speak to catherine ryder, who's head of policy at the national housing federation. what do those announcements add up to? it is positive that the government has acknowledged the housing crisis and it is positive that they have ambitions to build new homes but what we di

some cricket india captain redoubts chorley has become the fastest batsman to reach ten thousand runs in one day international cricket kohli achieved the feat and his two hundred fifty innings coming in a match against the west indies in the city of. he smashed the previous record set by another indian the batting legend such in the nuker ever needed to come in fifty nine innings to reach the same score. talking about numbers it's time for business news dr bond the biggest lender of to me is in trouble get hot yes it hasn't posted a sixty five percent decline in a year on year profit for the third quarter with things coming in its two hundred twenty nine million euros all of the banks divisions recorded low yields with revenues in the particularly important fixed income business that's government and company bond so down fifteen percent nevertheless in a letter to the banks employees' c.e.o. of their savings said bojo was on track for a profitable full year for the first time since two thousand and fourteen on one of europe's leading banks daughter has struggled since the financial cr

i'm here in lancashire, chorley bills itself as the market town of lancashire. so commuting is significant. the chancellor has already announced that he will put more money into roads across the country, and that is important year for people who perhaps live in charlie and work in wigan, middleton, midi preston. that funding will be spent across the country, where it is spent is important. we will hear which particular roads will get that funding. another one is potholes. the chancellor has announced that £420 million will be spent filling the potholes of england. sean is the son of the owner here. hello. you have a big turnover here, lots of ca rs have a big turnover here, lots of cars waiting to get in there and be serviced. it is busy times. the town is growing, isn't it? yes, there are more and more housing developer and been built, in terms of business, which are getting more and more customers who are not from the area, that are moving in here and looking for somebody to use. all the time we're getting busier. it's hard to keep up. you don't need people fr

well let's cross to lancashire where our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith is at chorley here, the guys at work here, the staff coming in and out and crucially customers, two to try and gauge their reaction later today to whatever announcements the chancellor makes. the result was plenty to talk about it comes to the car industry and cars being fixed, when it comes to the future of the ca rs we when it comes to the future of the cars we drive. big announcements that have already been made or lea ked that have already been made or leaked by the chancellor. they are to do with roads, so there was funding allows for funding investment and also particularly for fixing potholes. 420 million that the chancellor said he will plough into fixing potholes across england and wales. the business owner here said he's not too worried that business will dry up because he does a lot of work here on people's suspension. underneath the other quys suspension. underneath the other guys are hard at work because the roads are in such bad condition right across the uk. he said he has a trail of

our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has been to a car mechanics in chorley, lancashire,s the chancellor got started, work was well under way here in lancashire. fred is in charge of the nine staff here, but he's not worried that the extra 400 million from philip hammond spending on fixing the bottles will put him out of business. no, i don't think so. i think we will still be... we are very busy at the moment so i don't think there is a problem about that but it is about time the potholes we re but it is about time the potholes were fixed, really, isn't it? it is afamilyfirm were fixed, really, isn't it? it is a family firm and sun shone has just bought his first house in a big development nearby. the new residents are helping the business. it has definitely increased what we do. our customer base is so much bigger and it grows every year and new people turn up all the time and we retain our existing customers. new people turn up all the time and we retain our existing customersm the back office ‘s twin sister jessica. for her, the announcement to help small firms afford