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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…

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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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The Independent – Now Gary Lineker taunts the BBC Summary of the front page The Independent says Gary Lineker is taunting the BBC after changing his Twitter profile picture to an image of him in front of a “free speech” wall. It follows the BBC’s apology to Lineker after he temporarily stood back from presenting Match of the Day over tweets criticising the government’s migration policy. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment…

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The Guardian – Hunt’s £4bn childcare bid to get parents back to work Summary of the front page An expansion of £4bn of free childcare for one and two-year-olds in England is expected to be announced in the budget, reports The Guardian. It also features a picture of Queen guitarist Brian May being knighted by the King for his services to music and charity. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National…

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The Daily Telegraph – Hunt faces revolt over tax rise in Budget Summary of the front page Jeremy Hunt is poised to face a backlash over the rise of corporation tax, as part of the budget announcement, tops The Daily Telegraph. It also features a picture of former health secretary, Matt Hancock, and his partner Gina Coladangelo at Cheltenham Festival. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

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Daily Express – Hunt’s carrot and stick to get Britain growing Summary of the front page The Daily Express leads with “Hunt’s carrot and stick”, referring to the chancellor’s budget announcement, which is expected to offer more support in order to get millions back to work. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

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The Sun – Heartless Summary of the front page The Sun has an exclusive interview with the mother of Claudia Lawrence, the chef who went missing in York 14 years ago, who claims the BBC is still chasing her daughter for unpaid TV licence fees. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

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Pakistan police fire teargas after protesters try to prevent arrest of Imran Khan Police in Pakistan have employed water cannons and tear gas to disperse supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who gathered outside his house in a bid to prevent his arrest by officers. Khan was removed from his position through a vote of no confidence in the previous year and has faced a sequence of legal battles as he advocates for early…

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OpenAI launches GPT-4 – the latest version of ChatGPT The latest version of ChatGPT – the world-famous AI chatbot, has been launched by OpenAI. GPT-4 is the newest model and is capable of processing images, generating captions and providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients. The latest version can also process up to 25,000 words, eight times more than ChatGPT. ChatGPT has been wildly popular since its launch in November 2022, with many users asking…

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Whistleblower doctor Jiang Yanyong who exposed Sars coverup dies aged 91 Former military surgeon Jiang Yanyong, who exposed the cover-up of the Sars epidemic by Chinese authorities in 2003, passed away at the age of 91 due to pneumonia in Beijing. Dr Jiang was celebrated for his actions that helped save lives after he revealed in a letter the Chinese officials’ underestimation of the threat posed by the virus during the initial stages of the…

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City AM – First Aid kit: Tech care “Project Yeti”: Inside the scramble to save Silicon Valley Bank UK City AM says “It’s going down to the wire.” That was the view of Coadec CEO Dom Hallas at 11pm on Sunday evening after hours of meetings had failed to produce a deal on the future of Silicon Valley Bank – with the tech industry warning it would be an existential threat to thousands of firms…

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Metro – ‘Time for a sharp exit’ Summary of the front page Gary Lineker’s “stand-off” with the BBC over his tweets has ended in a climbdown by his bosses and with the corporation’s chairman “in the firing line instead”, Metro reports. The paper reports that Mr Davie has apologised for “grey areas” in the BBC’s guidelines and that Mr Sharp has been accused of being “missing in action” during the crisis. The front page features…

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Financial Times – Banks battered and rate forecasts reined in as SVB tremors spread Summary of the front page The failure of Silicon Valley Bank tore into global markets with investors ripping up their forecasts for further interest rate rises, the Financial Times reports. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th-largest bank in the US, tore through markets on Monday and drove investors to dump bank stocks around the world, the Financial Times reports. …

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