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Will do things differently. we will not use real guns ever again. we will use rubber guns and we will take care of it in post. given the amount of gunfights the film industry recreates every year, statistically movie sets have low rates of these tragic incidents. some creators maintain real guns are necessary for authenticity of performance, but given how much can be recreated now with special effects, the debate on how necessary real firearms truly are to the movies is onlyjust beginning. one v...

Good news for the public finances yesterday. lower borrowing because the economys doing slightly better than we all thought six months ago — thats really good news — but good news for public finances, wasnt good news household finances because higher inflation that actually helped the chancellor with his borrowing figures is obviously hurting household budgets and thats why the office for budget responsibility expects household incomes — and, actually, wages — to actually not grow at all...

As the economy recovers, to cut taxes — as weve shown through our action on business rates today and as weve shown through universal credit taper relief, as well — we will do that, and i suspect that over the course of budgets to come between now and the next election, as the chancellor hinted, we will look to ease the burden of taxation on the public. of course there are things in this budget that we welcome — including some of the additional money for public services — but the key chal...

And the analysis is onlyjust beginning. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. 0ur chief political corresondent, adam fleming, says borisjohnson and rishi sunak are taking over some of labours territory with this budget. the short—term politics has started this morning where you have labour saying the government has made the wrong priorities, so reducing the taxation on prosecco and air passenger duty for domestic flights, for example, and reducing a quite complicated tax that banks pay. rache...

Discount in business rates in england for the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors — starting next year. if you look at the cost of living — which is a real challenge for families and pensioners around the country right now — if you look at the tax system, which burdens working people and gives a tax cut to bankers, or if you look at economic growth — that, by the end of this parliament, is set tojust be 1.3% — its certainly not the sort of budget i would have delivered. the chancel...

Us from westminster. very good morning to you, adam. as chris says, the analysis onlyjust beginning, but i wanted to talk to about the politics, if i may. we heard the chief secretary to the treasury acknowledging this budget was a philosophical shift for the conservative party. what is your take on the politics of it? the short-term — take on the politics of it? the short-term politics _ take on the politics of it? tue: short—term politics started take on the politics of it? tte: short—te...