Author: David Pike

David Pike is an experienced news journalist with over 20 years experience as a UK News editor for WTX News and other news publications.

PMQs – PM faces Starmer ahead of Spring Budget 2023 PM Rishi Sunak will face Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer in this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions. The session is set to focus on the upcoming Budget (that’ll be announced by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt after PMQs). Starmer will attempt to poke holes in the Tories’ economic plans, and the PM is likely to deflect from questions about the Budget – and instead tell the opposition to wait…

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From pensions to pools: what to expect from Hunt’s spring budget The Guardian says Jeremy Hunt is due to set out the government’s plans for tax and spending in his first budget on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) will publish updated economic forecasts and an assessment of the government’s finances for the next five years – running up to and beyond the next election. Here is what to expect. Government finances The…

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