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Budget 2023: The key points of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced the budget for 2023. The UK will now not enter a technical recession this year, the independent forecasters, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has said. Inflation will more than halve and reduce to 2.9% by the end of the year, the OBR expects. Key points: • As expected, the government is extending the energy price guarantee (EPG) which keeps the average household bill at £2,500 until the end of June by capping the unit price of electricity. The typical bill was due to…

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PMQs Live – Budget, BBC and immigration policy as Britain strikes today! Jeremy Hunt delivers budget statement What has been announced? Every measure in the budget Corporation tax to increase to 25% Corporation tax for businesses is to increase from 19% to 25%. Firms which make a profit of more than £250,000 will pay 25% tax on their profits from April. Hunt says he will invest £200m in regeneration projects in England. And £400m is being set aside for levelling up projects. Another £8.8bn is being set aside for sustainable transport schemes. Another £200m will be spent dealing with potholes. And…

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Metro- Russian jet downs US drone Summary of the front page The Metro leads with the news that a Russian fighter jet brought down a US drone over the Black Sea. The Russian Defence Ministry earlier claimed the fighter jets did not come into contact with the drone. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

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