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Thursday briefing: Councils are going broke – but is it really because they went woke?

In today’s newsletter: Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was expected to target ‘unnecessary’ council spending on consultants and diversity projects in his Budget – but here’s the truth

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UK’s green power industry receives surprise £10bn pledge

Potential investment by NatPower would create largest portfolio of battery storage projects in Britain

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Budget fell far short on UK green investment, experts say

Green economists dismayed by failure to recognise one of the fastest-expanding areas of business

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VAT threshold for UK businesses limited by EU rules, Hunt admits privately

Exclusive: Chancellor disappointed some Conservatives with only limited rise in threshold, but said he was restricted by Northern Ireland protocol

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‘We deserve better’: what the papers say about Jeremy Hunt’s pre-election budget

UK front pages are split in their verdicts, with some calling it ‘desperate’ and others declaring the economy ‘ready for take off!’

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Budget 2024: UK taxes head for highest level since 1948 despite Hunt’s NI cut

Borrowing and stealth taxes fund £14bn giveaway, but public spending squeeze looms after election

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Chancellor to raise UK government borrowing to fund budget measures – OBR

Office for Budget Responsibility says national insurance and tax cuts will be paid for by average £8bn-a-year borrowing to 2028-29

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The Guardian view on the budget: plans to placate backbench critics, not meet the nation’s needs

Editorial: Raising taxes and cutting public spending won’t generate the investment to lift living standards and productivity

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‘It won’t shift the polls’: Tory MPs rue budget that lacked pre-election pizzazz

Headline cut to national insurance rate echoes measure taken in autumn statement, which made little impact on voters

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King Charles Resumes Royal Duties Amid Cancer Treatment, Meets Ambassadors

King Charles resumes royal duties amidst health concerns, meets ambassadors, and engages in official meetings.

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Hunt faces Scottish MPs’ revolt over energy firm windfall tax extension

Scottish Conservatives leader vows to vote against chancellor’s decision to lengthen levy to 2029

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‘A cut-and-paste budget’: UK businesses attack lack of help from chancellor

Hospitality trade says chancellor failed to help save sector with VAT cut, while travel industry laments air duty rise

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Jeremy Hunt gave us a hit-and-run budget. But unlike cornered chancellors past, he showed no shame

The Tories can see the writing on the wall – so they are intent on wrecking things for an incoming Labour government, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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NHS England leaders welcome £6bn budget boost but say much more is needed

NHS Confederation chief says money ‘will scarcely touch the sides’, while there is little help for struggling social care system

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Jeremy Hunt’s cynical budget is the last, desperate gasp of a dying government

Many Conservative MPs fighting to hold on to their seats will be asking the chancellor: ‘Is this all you’ve got?’, says former shadow chancellor John McDonnell

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Hunt announces funds for police to use drones as ‘first responders’

Police chiefs say £230m boost falls far short of funding required as Amnesty International warns safeguards about usage are needed

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The only real giveaway in Jezza’s fictional budget was the despair on Tory faces

Taxes are going up, not down. Growth is going down, not up. And in the end, Hunt’s ramblings didn’t even convince his own side

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Creative industries get budget boost including £26m for National Theatre

Chancellor also announces tax relief measures to encourage film-makers to shoot more movies in Britain

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Child benefit: Jeremy Hunt raises income threshold for tax penalty

Chancellor says nearly 500,000 families will be better off by an average of £1,260 in 2024-25 as a result of his changes

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‘We all know how her show ends’: Jeremy Hunt’s worst budget day jokes

Labour’s Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves were used as punchlines in the chancellor’s sometimes obscure jokes

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Jeremy Hunt’s last budget before an election – but not his last roll of the dice

These latest tax cuts were not the gamechanger the Tories need before the election

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The UK is “on track to become the world’s next Silicon Valley” as Jeremy Hunt reveals the Spring Budget, but cybersecurity gets no mention

While there are a number of promising announcements for entrepreneurs and SMEs, there is little mention of the gaping security vulnerabilities in UK public services

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What does the Spring budget 2024 announcement mean for renters, homeowners and landlords

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered his annual Spring budget and experts are disappointed

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Jeremy Hunt plans to tax vaping products and raise tobacco duty

Campaigners say measure will help tackle ‘pocket money’ pricing that attracts young children to vaping

Evening Standard

When do budget changes take effect? Jeremy Hunt makes spring announcement

The changes to Government tax and spending will come at different times

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