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Murray Armstrong

The news so far

Yesterday's Budget will feature large in tomorrow's paper again. There will be lots more number crunching in the business pages and the political fall-out -- especially the row over testing for those on incapacity benefit -- will feature on the news pages.

The shadow chancellor, George Osborne, will have his say on the floor of the house today.

The environmental impact will also have to be assessed. A leader in this morning's paper was critical of his "lumbering reminder about the worthwhile review of a far-off carbon target - set for 2050" and added, "Any serious hope that the budget might give a lead on the environment died the moment Mr Darling postponed a small rise in fuel duty..."

However, in discussion at conference a view was expressed that Darling had made a clearer statement on climate change than his predecessor ever did. Although the retreat on fuel duty was clearly politically driven the underlying climate change objectives were a significant improvement over any previous government proposals.

Other items near the top of the list include the resumed racecard at Cheltenham today. That'll feature on the news pages as well as the Sports pages, which will also have a preview of tomorrow's Gold Cup.

We're also looking at how Heathrow's new terminal 5 is triggering a boom in transatlantic flights, and examining Channel 4's blueprint for revival, which is unveiled today.

We'll be at the EU summit in Brussels later today where Gordon Brown is expected to call for lower VAT rates on the green household goods; reporting from the continuing protests in Tibet; investigating the latest developments in Iran; and we're in Arizona, where a city is having a moat built around it to keep out Mexicans.

The sports pages will have the latest from the second test in NZ and will preview the European Cup quarter- and semi-finals draw, which begins at noon tomorrow in Nyon in Switzerland.

Delia is being put to the test in G2, with chefs and critics trying out her much criticised new recipes.

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