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Hunt likely to save spending spree for polling day, not budget speech

The chancellor has room for giveaways in this week’s budget, but business and consumer groups fear he will hold them back for the election

The Guardian - UK

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to end prepayment penalties for more than four million households

The move will save millions of households £45 a year on their energy bills, the Treasury said

The Independent UK

Universal credit sanctions regime to be tightened in Jeremy Hunt’s ‘back-to-work’ Budget

Union criticises ‘worrying’ move, as jobcentre staff to be trained ‘to ensure they are applying sanctions effectively’

The Independent UK

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Give parents more free childcare in next week's Budget, voters demand in poll

Around six in 10 believe the Tories should massively expand free childcare to one and two-year-olds in England, according to the Redfield & Wilton poll for the Sunday Mirror

Daily Mirror

Budget to encourage over-50s, disabled and benefits claimants back into work

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will use his first Budget to address the drop in the UK’s labour force participation.

The Independent UK

From Santa Clara to Shoreditch, SVB fallout spreads around world

The fallout from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is beginning to spread around the world.

Tribune News Service

'Cobra-style' response is needed for unprecedented NHS crisis, says Wes Streeting

New figures show one in every three NHS trusts has declared the highest level of emergency since Christmas - with hospitals overcrowded and patient safety potentially compromised

Daily Mirror

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Gin distillers accuse Jeremy Hunt of failing to back England's national tipple

Ahead of the Budget, analysis from the UK Spirits Alliance found the cost of duty on a bottle of gin in the UK is 77% higher than the EU average

Daily Mirror

Ministers urged to help 500,000 families left out of energy price cap

Ahead of the Budget, Jeremy Hunt has been urged to do more to help families with heat network homes, who are are not covered by the government’s energy price cap

Daily Mirror

Junior doctors’ strike will have unprecedented impact on NHS, says top medic

Walkout will cause even more disruption than recent action by nurses, ambulance staff and physiotherapists

The Guardian - UK

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt asked if he's 'ashamed' at UK's high taxes by Tory MP

The Chancellor faced questions from the ex-Cabinet minister Esther McVey and Tory backbencher Philip Davies. Next week he will unveil the Budget to MPs in the Commons.

Daily Mirror

Jeremy Hunt’s budget to announce £20bn funding to cut carbon emissions

‘Reset’ of clean energy policy, including small nuclear reactors, is response to Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the budget: no easy fixes for a broken Britain

Editorial: Jeremy Hunt has little to offer a country battered by austerity and venal politics

The Guardian - UK

Labour must expose Tory budget tokenism

Letter: A sensible government would borrow and increase taxes on the rich and high earners, writes Bernie Evans

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Evening Standard

London gin threatened by ‘toxic mix’ of rocketing production costs and alcohol tax

The majority of Britain’s small spirit distillers could be forced out of business in the coming year, producers warned on Friday.

Daily Record

New calls for £15 monthly benefit uplift for families with a disabled child during cost of living crisis

The Guide Dogs charity is urging Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to announce additional support at the Spring Budget.

The Guardian - UK

Budget 2023: Hunt plans to raise pension cap and improve childcare help

Chancellor’s budget likely to announce increase to £40,000 annual limit and lifetime allowance

The Guardian - UK

Economic growth of sorts, but UK plc is going nowhere

GDP is likely to edge sideways in 2023 (if that) but the true impact of rising interest rates has yet to be felt

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The Independent UK

UK’s economy returns to growth after rebound in entertainment and transport

The Office for National Statistics said the economy grew by 0.3% in January, following a sharp 0.5% decline in December.

Evening Standard

UK economy rebounds to grow by 0.3% in January

Chancellor coming under pressure from some Tory MPs to cut taxes in a bid to boost growth

The Guardian - UK

UK economy rebounds as Jeremy Hunt finalises budget

January GDP growth of 0.3% bigger than expected, driven by education, health and recreation sectors

Daily Mirror

'Jeremy Hunt’s Budget panto faces unhappy end when it comes off the rails like HS2'

Paul Routledge on what we can expect from Jeremy Hunt's first Budget, with him set to put an end to the 'calamity' of soaring energy prices. But will this be enough to appease public opinion?

The Guardian - UK

Shell’s van Beurden gets lucky. Harbour Energy doesn’t

Former CEO did handsomely on the back of high oil and gas prices while the windfall levy hits the small players harder

Daily Mirror

Tory ministers 'plan to loosen rules to bring in thousands of foreign workers'

Officials are reportedly weighing up adding jobs such as bricklayers, plasterers and roofers to a "critical occupation list" after a recommendation by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) - making it easier for people in these trades to come to the UK to work

Daily Record

Retirement experts warn 5.8m people could be affected by early changes to State Pension age

Speculation is growing that the State Pension age is set to rise earlier than scheduled.

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