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• Budget 2017: outlook for UK’s public finances

  08-03-2017 23:48 via ft.com
  Philip Hammond unveiled 28 new policy measures, against George Osborne’s 77 last year
  
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• Free schools costs rise three times to £1bn

  08-03-2017 21:44 via ft.com
  Documents reveal additional £655m required to fund extra 110 schools
  
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• Hammond keeps the rabbits in the hat

  08-03-2017 21:35 via ft.com
  Chancellor’s new policy measures numbered 28 — Osborne had 77 last year
  
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• Osborne to earn £650,000 a year advising US financial firm

  08-03-2017 21:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former chancellor will work 48 days a year for Blackrock, being paid £162,500 every three months.
  
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• Budget 2017: Will Philip Hammond's Critics Have The Last Laugh?

  08-03-2017 21:22
  
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• Spring Budget winners and losers

  08-03-2017 20:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From fuelling up to funding schools, how will Chancellor Philip Hammond's Budget affect you?
  
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• Progress on technical education is overdue

  08-03-2017 20:43 via ft.com
  Improving training could boost the economy by £200bn over the next decade
  
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• Hammond risks Tory backlash with tax move on self-employed

  08-03-2017 20:30 via ft.com
  Chancellor rips up national insurance manifesto promise affecting 2.5m
  
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• Hammond has done what he can to prepare for Brexit

  08-03-2017 20:28 via ft.com
  The chancellor has avoided gimmicks in the Budget but also ducked some big issues
  
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• Budget 2017: economists’ views on Spring Budget

  08-03-2017 20:25 via ft.com
  Paul Johnson, Bronwyn Curtis and Jagjit Chadha assess the chancellor’s measures
  
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• Jess Phillips: I Would Stand To Be Labour Leader

  08-03-2017 20:18
  
  Labour MP Jess Phillips today revealed she would put herself forward to be party leader.
  The Birmingham Yardley MP, who was only elected to the Commons in 2015, told the Huff Post UK she would stand for the position as she feels “duty bound” to not be a “shrinking flower” when it comes to her professional ambitions.
  Phillips, who has been a long-standing critic of current leader Jeremy Corbyn, hit out at her party for being “systematically sexist” for nev
  
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• Joined-up thinking is key to productivity growth

  08-03-2017 20:17 via ft.com
  The chancellor rightly put a focus on social capital, writes Stephanie Flanders
  
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• Tories' Warnings About Labour Raising National Insurance Return To Haunt Them After Budget 2017

  08-03-2017 19:59
  
  Philip Hammond’s Budget broke a Tory election pledge to not raise National Insurance contributions, something they warned would “cost jobs and hit hardworking taxpayers”.
  And unfortunately for them, the internet remembered and the scores of warnings from 2015 about how Labour might raise it if they were elected.
  In the run-up to the General Election, when the polls appeared to be balanced, David Cameron’s Conservatives emphasised the economy and Labour’s refusa
  
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• Budget 2017: 10 Bits Of Bad News Buried By Philip Hammond

  08-03-2017 19:44
  
  Philip Hammond’s first and last Spring Budget lasted just 55 minutes.
  And his ‘Red Book’ of Budget documents was a rather slim 64 pages.
  Yet both it and the Office for Budget Responsibility’s thicker assessment contained some hidden items and small print that the Government seemed curiously unkeen on promoting.
  Here’s 10 of them.
   
  1. A Tax Hike For The Self-Employed.Most people see National Insurance on their pay slip every month and view it as virtually indi
  
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• Who knew the engines of the economy were dirty tax dodgers?

  08-03-2017 19:34 via ft.com
  And you thought a Tory government rather smiled on this wicked bunch
  
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• Hammond throws a spanner in the engine of growth

  08-03-2017 19:34 via ft.com
  White Van man is no longer driving Britain’s jobs miracle
  
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• George Osborne to be paid £650,000 for working one day a week

  08-03-2017 19:34
  
  Former chancellor declares six-figure salary for job with US fund manager BlackRock, for whom he will work 48 days a yearGeorge Osborne has declared a salary of £650,000 a year for working just four days a month at BlackRock, the world’s biggest fund management firm, as well as almost £800,000 for speeches to financiers.The former chancellor’s earnings were revealed in the latest register of MPs’ interests, which shows that he will make more than eight times his sal
  
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• Budget calculator: How will the Budget affect you?

  08-03-2017 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How will the chancellor's Budget affect you?
  
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• Budget 2017: Reaction to Philip Hammond's statement

  08-03-2017 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Here is a round-up of reaction to Philip Hammond's Budget.
  
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• Budget 2017: Philip Hammond faces row over tax rises for self-employed - as it happened

  08-03-2017 19:13
  
  Live coverage, reaction and analysis to the chancellor’s first, and final, spring budgetLatest: Treasury ‘mauled’ over NIC tax hikeSnap reaction: A minimalistic performance
  More funds for free schools
  National Insurance rates hiked for self-employed
  Labour: Manifesto commitment brokenBudget highlights start hereBudget 2017: The Key Points 6.11pm GMTUntil now Theresa May’s government has enjoyed a charmed life in its relations with the Tory press. The Daily Mail adores her
  
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• Donald Trump Gets Roasted For Tweets Celebrating International Women's Day

  08-03-2017 19:05
  
  President Donald Trump must have realised he risked a fierce reaction when he tweeted a message of support for International Women’s Day on Wednesday. And that’s exactly what he got.With a track record of sexism and misogyny, Trump’s claim to have “tremendous respect” for women went down like a bucket of cold sick.
  See Trump’s tweets here:
  I have tremendous respect for women and the many roles they serve that are vital to the fabric of our society and our
  
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• EU could demand £1.7bn from UK after customs fraud probe

  08-03-2017 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Organised gangs are using fake invoices to undervalue goods being imported from China, it was found.
  
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• Osborne earns £650,000 at BlackRock for four days a month

  08-03-2017 18:39 via ft.com
  Former UK chancellor’s pay disclosed in MPs’ interests on Budget day
  
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• Osborne earns £650,000 at BlackRock for 4 days a month

  08-03-2017 18:39 via ft.com
  Former UK chancellor’s pay disclosed in MPs’ interests on Budget day
  
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• Budget offers little to UK’s devolved governments

  08-03-2017 18:27 via ft.com
  Extra money follows formula for payments to rise with Westminster-controlled spending
  
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• National insurance rise breaks manifesto pledge

  08-03-2017 18:17 via ft.com
  Plan to reverse vow exposes compromise between the chancellor prime minister
  
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• Crackdown on professional enablers of tax avoidance

  08-03-2017 18:15 via ft.com
  ‘Tough’ new penalties announced alongside VAT on overseas mobile phone use
  
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• Tory backlash over white van man tax

  08-03-2017 18:13 via ft.com
  National insurance rise for the self employed breaks party manifesto pledge
  
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• £500m earmarked for technical education

  08-03-2017 18:06 via ft.com
  T-levels aim to rival academic qualifications and boost skills base ahead of Brexit
  
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• Social care funding set for major changes

  08-03-2017 17:59 via ft.com
  Hammond announces £2bn to ease pressure on hospitals that cannot send elderly home
  
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• Corbyn accuses Tories of complacency over economy

  08-03-2017 17:49 via ft.com
  Labour leader fails to rouse his own MPs with broad-brush response
  
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• Sean Spicer Tries To Defend Donald Trump's Obama Wiretap Claims, Fails Again

  08-03-2017 17:46
  
  Sean Spicer, the man still showing the residual effects of a former incarnation as a deer basking in headlights, was left foundering once again during yet another painful-to-watch press briefing.
  Having already used two stacks of paper to try and make an important political point, the White House Press Secretary struggled to defend President Trump’s claims that Barack Obama had him wiretapped during the election campaign.
  Let’s take a closer look...[LIKE: TrumpWatch - our new Faceboo
  
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• Philip Hammond breaks manifesto pledge with budget tax grab

  08-03-2017 17:05
  
  Chancellor increases national insurance for self-employed, contrary to promise made four times in 2015 election manifestoPhilip Hammond sparked a political row on Wednesday with a tax grab on self-employed workers that breached a Conservative manifesto pledge not to raise national insurance rates. Related: The Undertaker's budget brings death, taxes then a crazy kamikaze attack | John CraceContinue reading...
  
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• UK self-employed face higher NI contributions

  08-03-2017 16:18 via ft.com
  Critics say move announced in Budget is a breach of manifesto pledge
  
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• Budget 2017 Speech Called 'Jaw Dropping' By SNP For Failing To Address Brexit

  08-03-2017 16:17
  
  Philip Hammond’s Budget speech has been criticised for only mentioning Brexit in passing and containing nothing to address it.
  In the 6,760-word speech, the Chancellor mentioned no specific measure to help cope with the potential fallout of leaving the EU, which is due to begin before the end of the month, when Theresa May has pledged to trigger Article 50.
  Hammond opposed Brexit before last year’s referendum and is seen as more cautious on the issue than others in the Cabinet.
  In hi
  
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• Budget 2017 summary: Key points at-a-glance

  08-03-2017 16:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An at-a-glance summary of the key points of Philip Hammond's Spring 2017 Budget.
  
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• Heseltine sacked as government adviser

  08-03-2017 15:43 via ft.com
  Tory grandee backed demand for parliament to be given a vote on final deal with EU
  
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• Budget 2017 Did Not Prepare Economy For 'Breakfast', Jeremy Corbyn Accidentally Warns

  08-03-2017 15:33
  
  Jeremy Corbyn: Our economy is not prepared for breakfast. pic.twitter.com/kFHnfLobSf— Nick Hilton (@nickfthilton) March 8, 2017
  One of the hardest jobs for an Opposition leader is responding to a Budget - so a few stumbles are to be expected.
  Jeremy Corbyn was left with a little bit of egg on his face today after he told Philip Hammond today that “our economy is not prepared for breakfast”.
  The Labour leader quickly corrected himself to say “Brexit”. Although both
  
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• Philip Hammond Packed His First And Last Spring Budget With 8 Hilarious Jokes

  08-03-2017 15:29
  
  Philip Hammond successfully defied his critics and delivered joke after joke in the Spring Budget today, leaving Conservative MPs jeering and roaring with laughter.
  The Chancellor - nicknamed ‘Spreadsheet Phil’ and notably more camera-shy than his predecessor - delivered quips aimed squarely at Jeremy Corbyn, the SNP and even his own leader Theresa May.
  But he began Wednesday’s 60-minute speech with a self-deprecating put-down at his own expense.
  We take a look at the eight be
  
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• Budget 2017: Tories Break Manifesto Pledge And Hike Taxes On Self-Employed

  08-03-2017 15:23
  
  Tory Chancellor Philip Hammond broke a clear manifesto pledge today when he hiked taxes for the self-employed.
  In his first Budget since taking over as Chancellor last July, Hammond announced National Insurance contributions for the self-employed would go up by 2% by April 2019.
  The move is set to raise £2billion for the Treasury, but breaks an election promise from the Tories that there would be no increases to National Insurance if the party were elected.
  A Treasury spokesperson later co
  
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• The Spring Budget is like a bed-time story in which Brexit isn't happening

  08-03-2017 15:20
  
  Hammond's budget was like a note from never-never land, in which we're not about to hit massive uncertainty.
  
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• Hammond’s Budget targets self-employed for tax rises

  08-03-2017 15:20 via ft.com
  Chancellor sets out post-Brexit path for British economy
  
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• Budget is out of touch, says Jeremy Corbyn

  08-03-2017 15:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader says the government's Budget is "entirely out of touch with reality".
  
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• Hammond takes a risk with his jab at self-employed

  08-03-2017 15:09 via ft.com
  A rise in national insurance jars with the Tory commitment to entrepreneurship
  
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• Spring in his step

  08-03-2017 14:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jovial Chancellor Philip Hammond delivers confident Budget - but hints of bumps in the road post Brexit.
  
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• Budget 2017: reaction and analysis

  08-03-2017 14:49 via ft.com
  The FT’s columnists and commentators respond to Philip Hammond’s statement
  
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• Budget measures 'worth £350m' to Scotland

  08-03-2017 14:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Scottish government will receive a £350m funding boost as a result of measures announced in his budget, the chancellor says.
  
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• The chancellor’s speech and Treasury documents

  08-03-2017 14:41 via ft.com
  Full text of Philip Hammond’s speech and Treasury documents
  
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• Chancellor’s Spring Budget speech in full

  08-03-2017 14:35 via ft.com
  Full text of Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Spring Budget 2017 speech
  
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• Will May call a snap election?

  08-03-2017 14:22 via ft.com
  There are 3 reasons to go for an early poll, but also 3 reasons against
  
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