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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

‘Troubling’ messages showing No 10 pressure on BBC need investigating, say former staff

BBC journalists asked to avoid term ‘lockdown’ in reporting at the start of the pandemic, leaked messages show

The Guardian - 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.

The Independent UK

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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

Daily Mirror

Scrapping of lifetime allowance is permanent tax cut for wealthy – Starmer

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget announcement ‘is a huge giveaway to some of the very wealthiest’.

The Independent UK

Budget 2023: Pensions boost as Jeremy Hunt ditches lifetime allowance

Labour slams ‘giveaway for rich’ as chancellor moves to stop senior NHS doctors from retiring

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer slams Budget as ‘sticking plaster’ for country that needs ‘major surgery’

Sir Keir Starmer branded the Budget a “sticking plaster” for a country that needs “major surgery”.

Evening Standard

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Stand up to snowflake MPs after Gary Lineker row, Starmer tells Sunak

The pair clashed over the Match Of The Day presenter at Prime Minister’s Questions.

The Independent UK

Starmer challenges Sunak over BBC chairman ‘mentor’ and Tory ‘snowflakes’

Labour leader says PM should ‘stand up to his snowflake MPs’ who tried to get Gary Lineker cancelled

The Independent UK

Weak Rishi Sunak blasted for failing to stand up to 'snowflake' Tories over Gary Lineker

Keir Starmer lashed out at "cancel culture addict" Tories who tried to "cancel a football highlight show", accusing the Prime Minister of "hiding behind playground bullies" who disagreed with the Match of the Day host

Daily Mirror

Watch the 2023 Spring Budget as Jeremy Hunt announces childcare and energy bill support

Watch as Jeremy Hunt delivers his Spring Budget to the House of Commons on Wednesday (15 March) and follow The Independent’s live blog featuring the latest updates.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer: four lessons from history for an opposition trying to be the 'government-in-waiting'

Labour’s Keir Starmer has one inestimable quality in leading a government-in-waiting a year out from a general election: a consistent 20-point lead in opinion polls.

The Conversation

Starmer and Biden could share ‘progressive moment’, says Labour

Labour and US President Joe Biden can share a ‘progressive moment’ if the party wins the next election, David Lammy will argue in a visit to the US.

The Independent UK

OPINION - Rishi Sunak is playing a cunning — and morally dubious — double game

Tomorrow, as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers his first Budget speech, he will be faced across the Despatch Box by Sir Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves. Yet his true opponents will be the ghosts of Conservatism’s recent past: Boris Johnson and the ethical crash that ended his shambolic premiership;…

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The Independent UK

Budget 2023: Jeremy Hunt to create 12 new low-tax ‘investment zones’ across UK

Government scales back Liz Truss plans for low-tax, low regulation zones

The National (Scotland)

SNP candidates say referendum is the price of support for a Labour government

THE candidates to succeed Nicola Sturgeon have said the price of SNP support under their leadership for a minority Labour government after the next…

The Independent UK

Referendum the price of SNP support for Labour government, candidates say

A Sky News debate on Monday was a less tense affair than previous televised clashes.

The Independent UK

Gary Lineker to return to Match of the Day, makes no apology and tweets about small boats again

BBC says presenter ‘will abide by the editorial guidelines’ until social media review complete

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The Guardian - UK

BBC chair Richard Sharp under growing pressure to quit over Gary Lineker row

Keir Starmer describes Sharp’s position as ‘increasingly untenable’ as Rishi Sunak offers lukewarm defence of BBC chair

Wales Online

Fiona Bruce steps back from charity role amid row over domestic violence comment

Bruce has said she is “appalled” and “deeply sorry”

The Independent UK

BBC chair Richard Sharp’s position ‘untenable’ after Lineker row, says Keir Starmer

‘How on earth is he still in position?’ asks Labour leader amid impartiality row

The National (Scotland)

'Tory-lite': Nicola Sturgeon slams Labour over criticism of tax system in Scotland

HIGH earners in Scotland pay more tax than their counterparts in the rest of the UK because the SNP has mishandled the economy, Labour’s…

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: Why everyone loses in Gary Lineker v the BBC

In today’s newsletter: From football fans to the prime minister, a spat that started over a tweet is sucking everything into its damaging orbit

The Guardian - UK

Hunt budget being overshadowed by Lineker row is no bad thing for chancellor

Wednesday’s announcement will not change big picture for UK economy

The Guardian - UK

Starmer and Sunak are both haunted by the spectres of election defeats past

Labour is spooked by its defeat in 1992, while the Tories fear a repeat of what happened to them in 1997

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