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Budget 2021: Sunak promises giveaway now and tax hikes later
There are giveaways and takeaways from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with an immediate plan to support both businesses and individuals followed by a move to claw the spending back.
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The way forward for our fiscal position is to get the economy growing, says treasury chief secretary
We talk to Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Stephen Barclay.
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Budget 2021: Spend, spend, spend followed by aggressive tax hikes
The latest forecast from the government’s Budget watchdog, the OBR, points to a stronger recovery from the Covid crisis than previously predicted.
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Sick for a year: my life with long Covid
As most of us look ahead to a life without Covid, we’ve been speaking to some of the people who feel like normality is still a long way off.
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Sturgeon ‘never wanted to get Alex Salmond’
It was billed as the fight of her life: Nicola Sturgeon, accused by her predecessor Alex Salmond of being part of a conspiracy against him.
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Tory MSP Ruth Davidson: ‘There is a whole lot of backside covering in this government, for a government that did something wrong.’
We speak to the SNP’s Mike Russell, who is the Scottish government’s Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, and Ruth Davidson, leader of the Conservative Party in the Scottish Parliament.
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Businesses worry about customers returning after pandemic
Will we even be buying the same things from the same businesses as we did before the lockdowns?
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How will Sunak’s ‘green revolution’ help the UK become carbon zero?
With time running out in a climate crisis, what did Rishi Sunak actually deliver today to put the UK on track to carbon zero by 2050?
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Pro-democracy protesters shot dead by security forces in Myanmar
Police in Myanmar have opened fire on protesters, reportedly killing at least 38 people at demonstrations in a number of cities.
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Is Sturgeon/Salmond feud changing voters’ minds ahead of elections?
For eight hours today, politicians on the committee investigating whether the Scottish government mishandled harassment complaints against Alex Salmond grilled his successor Nicola Sturgeon over whether she had breached the ministerial code.
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Sturgeon knows there were ‘catastrophic failures’ in handling of Salmond investigation, says writer Iain Macwhirter
Iain Macwhirter is a writer and columnist who’s supported independence but is critical of the Scottish government and its treatment of Alex Salmond.
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FactCheck: how competitive is the UK after Rishi Sunak’s corporation tax hike?
It’s a massive change in policy – the first time a UK chancellor has raised the headline rate of corporation tax in decades.
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FactCheck: lateral flow testing in England’s schools
Could negative results give false reassurance?
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‘In the back of my mind I always wonder if I’ve brought something home’ – hospital porter Bash Rafiq
We speak with Carlie, an ITU nurse, and Bash, a porter. Both work at Warwick Hospital.
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France approves Oxford/AstraZeneca jab for over-65s
France has performed a stunning reversal as it declared its older citizens can now be given the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid vaccine. Last month the jab was restricted solely to the under-65s.
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Some parents in England are not consenting to their children being tested for Covid in school
In one academy in Nottingham, as many as 50 per cent of parents are trying to stop their children being tested.
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Pontins targeted Traveller community by blocking bookings from people with Irish surnames
Pontin’s has agreed to change its working practices after a whistleblower revealed it used a list of Irish surnames to stop people from the Traveller community booking holidays.
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Aid cuts ‘devastating for Yemen’, says DEC chief
Saleh Saeed, chief executive of the Disasters Emergency Committee
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Nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted in northern Nigeria have been released
Nigeria’s President has ordered a massive military operation following the safe return of nearly 300 schoolgirls who were kidnapped last week – the latest in a string of abductions.
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ICU staff reflect on Covid horrors of last few months
In an intensive care unit at Warwick Hospital, where the number of patients has dropped dramatically in the past fortnight, those that are here are still very sick.
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Sturgeon ‘has serious questions to answer’ – Labour MSP Jackie Baillie
MSP Jackie Baillie is deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party and a member of the inquiry committee.
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Scottish Tory leader says Sturgeon lied and should resign
The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has demanded the resignation of the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
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Will £400 million budget boost for arts in UK be enough?
The Chancellor is promising to use the “fiscal firepower” of the government in his Budget tomorrow to get Britain’s economy back on track.
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Nobel-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro on artificial intelligence and why he writes
The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go are the novels that made Kazuo Ishiguro a household name, still taught on the English syllabus. Having won everything from the Booker to a knighthood, he is the only living British winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. His new novel, Klara and the Sun,…
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Donald Trump hints at 2024 presidential bid
Donald Trump has hinted he might run for office again in 2024, in his first speech since he left the White House.
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We need to stop being held hostage by countries whose judicial systems are not independent, says UN Special Rapporteur
Russia was responsible for the poisoning of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny. That’s according to a detailed report from two Special Rapporteurs for the United Nations, who called for his immediate release from prison. They’ve accused the Kremlin of using the nerve agent Novichok against its opponents and said an independent investigation into the poisoning…
