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Budget 2023: East Midlands bosses criticise ‘resounding disappointment for SMEs’ but welcome child care help

One expert said SMEs were the big losers when many needed help the most

Birmingham Post

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

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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Business groups cheer Budget measures, but fears remain amid cost pressures

The Chancellor did not offer to extend current energy support and announced little to help the UK’s 5.5 million small firms, say groups.

The Independent UK

‘No mention of the South West’ - business leaders react to the Budget

Bosses across the region have described its absence from a list of 12 new investment zones as ‘disappointing’ and ‘a blow’

Birmingham Post

Urgent next steps detail sought by businesses behind carbon capture plans as Budget backing welcomed

Humber giants Equinor and Drax book-end huge regional plans for decarbonisation network

Birmingham Post

UK defence budget 2023: How does spending compare with other countries?

The government will commit £11 billion to the defence budget over the next five years

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Health bodies ‘disappointed’ Budget ‘did not acknowledge NHS workforce crisis’

The Royal College of Nursing accused the Chancellor of ‘not yet gripping’ the issue.

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

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)

Budget "not as severe as predicted" but little help for sky-high energy bills, say Welsh business leaders

One business leader said the Chanceller was "playing a long game"

Birmingham Post

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

Budget 2023: Money experts give their verdict on childcare, energy and pension changes

Dubbed the "Back to Work" budget, the Chancellor set out a number of major plans to help parents, older people and those off work with disabilities to return to work as well as announcements on benefits, pensions, petrol and pubs

Daily Mirror

Budget to provide extra £130m for public spending in N Ireland, says Government

Minister Steve Baker said all public services in Northern Ireland would suffer without the return of Stormont.

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Billions spent to stop 15,000 workers retiring is ‘huge giveaway to wealthiest’

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer criticised Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s pensions move as a boost for the ‘richest 1%’.

The Independent UK

Who are the winners and losers from the Budget?

The Budget has produced groups who will be better off as well as those who may see their finances squeezed.

Chronicle Live

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

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

Liverpool Echo

Price of cigarettes and tobacco to increase at 6pm today

The Chancellor has confirmed a huge hike in tobacco duty

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Mother of disabled child feels Government has turned its back on most vulnerable

The Wiltshire mother said she was left ‘disappointed’ at the Budget announcements on Wednesday.

Chronicle Live

Childcare and tax breaks for businesses lead Jeremy Hunt's Budget

Chancellor said the UK would avoid a recession this year but Labour said the Budget was "as bare as the salad aisle in our supermarket"

Daily Record

Jeremy Hunt accused of 'shafting Scotland' by failing to fund north east carbon capture scheme

The SNP said the Acorn Scottish cluster project in Peterhead had faced a decade of broken funding pledges from Westminster governments.

The Independent UK

What are Jeremy Hunt’s benefits changes and when do they start?

The chancellor aimed the Budget at boosting employment by getting people back into work

Daily Record

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.

Evening Standard

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

Birmingham Post

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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