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Tories give wealthy 'permanent tax cut' while taking away £67-a-month from struggling households

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt also promised a 'callous' clamp down on benefits claimants

Daily Record

'Apart from when they poach Labour ideas, Tories just give us more of the same'

Writing for The Mirror, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves says the Government could have shown it understands the scale of the challenges it faces, but chose not to with today's Budget

Daily Mirror

North East hopes to follow Andy Burnham with 'trailblazer' devolution powers in 2024

A new mayor for the region is due to be elected next year and there are hopes that they will quickly be given a raft of powers going to Manchester and the West Midlands now

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Budget does little to meet UK’s net zero carbon goals, say campaigners

Chancellor silent on home insulation, oil and gas windfall tax, and onshore windfarms – but freezes fuel duty

The Guardian - UK

Chancellor’s spring Budget ‘is going to impede growth’, DUP claims

Sammy Wilson raised concerns over personal income tax.

The Independent UK

Budget branded ‘missed opportunity’ by Swinney despite £320m for Scotland

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has unveiled his latest spending plans.

The Independent UK

Hypocrisy charge after Scottish Labour brand Kate Forbes a 'tartan Tory'

SCOTTISH Labour have faced accusations of hypocrisy after branding SNP leadership contender Kate Forbes a “tartan Tory”.

The National (Scotland)

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Tory Budget 'attack on most vulnerable' that won't tackle cost of living crisis

While Hunt touted the Budget as a “plan for growth” and big business celebrated, smaller firms and those on benefits and low incomes were left…

The National (Scotland)

Jeremy Hunt blasted for ignoring public sector pay demands in 'betrayal' Budget

Nurses, teachers and paramedics have responded with fury at the Chancellor's failure to hike public sector pay, with one union claiming he had 'stuck up two fingers to workers with this Budget'

Daily Mirror

North East gives mixed reaction to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Budget

Investment zone for North East announced earlier this week is broadly welcomed

Chronicle Live

The Budget: 5 things Scots need to know from Jeremy Hunt's statement

Hunt announced measures which will benefit the wealthy while also targetting some of the poorest people in society.

Daily Record

The Welsh Government responds to England's massive expansion of free childcare

England's changes will transform the economics of work for new parents by giving working parents 30-hours free childcare from the end of their maternity or paternity leave

Wales Online

Price of a packet of cigarettes to rise from 6pm tonight, after Spring Budget changes

Jeremy Hunt’s tax rise in the spring statement will mean smokers fork out about another pound for a packet of 20

Evening Standard

Budget 2023: West Midlands business leaders react

Planned new investment zone and childcare help welcomed but others left disappointed by unspent Levelling Up fund

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Daily Mirror

'Like all schemers, chisellers and scammers, Jeremy Hunt flattered to deceive'

To listen to the Chancellor you would be forgiven for thinking the Tories had successfully managed the economy for the last 13 years

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak slams Westminster Council over ‘eyewatering’ pay hike for cabinet members

Cabinet members are to get a 45 per cent pay rise while increasing rents for council tenants

Daily Mirror

'Tory Budget has no plan to fix country and is another let-down for working people'

In an article for the Mirror, TUC general secretary Paul Nowak warned that years of underfunding under the Tories has left our public services on their knees and there is no plan to get pay rising

The Independent UK

I dare SNP candidates to put Tories in power after general election – Sarwar

The contenders said this week that another vote on independence would be the price of SNP support for a Labour UK government.

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The National (Scotland)

Humza Yousaf campaign helped by Nicola Sturgeon aide

HUMZA Yousaf’s campaign has received help from a top aide to Nicola Sturgeon.

Daily Mirror

All Jeremy Hunt's Budget announcements at a glance - with all the nasty details

Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled his 2023 Budget with boosts for childcare, energy bills and a freeze on fuel duty. But the small print reveals Brits will see the biggest two-year decline in living standards since the 1950s. Here's what you need to know.

The Independent UK

Sarwar urges SNP candidates to put mental and physical health ‘on equal footing’

The Scottish Labour leader was speaking during a visit to the Govan Men’s Shed in Glasgow.

Daily Record

Kate Forbes and Ash Regan unite to demand the SNP reveals its membership numbers

The joint letter has put pressure on Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell, chief executive of the SNP, to publish how many members have a vote in the leadership contest.

Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer rages as Jeremy Hunt gives NOTHING to NHS, crime or housing in Budget

Keir Starmer attacked Jeremy Hunt's budget after he announced the details in the Commons today. 'Health and wealth must go together. Britain can't afford to be the sick man of Europe,' the Labour Leader slammed

Wales Online

The Chancellor has 'stuck up two fingers to workers', says Fire Brigades Union boss

Matt Wrack said that the spring Budget did nothing for low-paid workers and their families and that the Government had learnt nothing from a year of strikes

The Independent UK

Who is eligible for Jeremy Hunt’s extended energy bill support?

The Treasury confirmed it is capping average annual household bills at £2,500

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