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a very warm welcome to the programme. we begin here in the uk. it is the morning after that budget. the chancellor has insisted his first budget is transformational and will get people back into work. jeremy hunt set out major changes to pensions and benefits, as well as an expansion of free childcare in england, all designed to boost economic growth. the new pension tax rules will allow higher earners to save more into their pensions, tax free. the opposition labour party has said its...

At the day in parliament. Hello and welcome to monday in parliament, our look at the day at westminster. The headlines. Peers start debate on the brexit bill with the leader in the lords warning them not to slow things down. The government is determined to trigger article 50 by the Slst Of March in order to deliver on the decision of the british people. The bill before us is a procedural part of that withdrawal process. Mps debate two petitions on donald trump one calling for his state visit to ...

And the european central bank has called banks on its watch to exposure to the swiss lender. the ecb the first central bank to face the interest rate dilemma. will it hike by 50 basis points as planned at its ratesetting meeting later this thursday or has the renewed bank turmoil changed its calculation? that�*s michelle fleury. again, more later on that story in our business coverage. let�*s get some of the day�*s other news. rescuers in colombia are scrambling to find 10 miners who becam...