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Com slash alerts. News. Com slash alerts. Bo good morning. Weve got a very special britains newsroom today as it is Spring Budget day. Andrew, you are there in westminster. Of course im here in whitehaven. Do you think , in whitehaven. Do you think, Andrew Pierce, that jeremy hunt is going to offer anything today that could possibly swing the mood of the nation in the run up to election . To the election . Dont think theres he i dont think theres much he can know theres going to can do. We know theres going to be a2p cut the national be a2p cut in the National Insurance rate. That will be worth £450 to people worth about £450 to people earning around 35,000 a year. That will kick in in may, that will kick in in in may, they had the same cut in january. So thats £900 a year. But what he wont tell us, of course, that Tax Thresholds course, is that Tax Thresholds are frozen, which means in are being frozen, which means in april more people are being frozen, which means in apriibe more people are being frozen, which means in apriibe dragged more people are being frozen, which means in apriibe dragged intoe people are being frozen, which means in apriibe dragged into higher. E are being frozen, which means in apriibe dragged into higher tax. Will be dragged into higher tax. Thats nurses, thats teachers, nurses, doctors. Helpful, but doctors. Not helpful, but i still suspect, bev, there may be a little white rabbit that he may pull out of the hat. And ive noticed that rishi sunak is going to two pubs later in the week. Does that mean theyre going to cut vat on pubs, food restaurants , Something Like restaurants, Something Like that . That would be a popular vote winner. Thats it really is, andrew. Time and time again when we talk to people, particularly people who own restaurants and pubs, about what they want, the cut in vat is always very popular. Let cut in vat is always very popular. Let me just cut in vat is always very popular. Let me just show you popular. Let me just show you a little bit about where i am today. Will there be a white rabbit for the people of whitehaven . In whitehaven . Were in just outside district. Outside of the Lake District. Carlisle miles north carlisle is about 30 miles north of here. Theres beautiful of here. Theres this beautiful harbour. A very pretty harbour. This is a very pretty town. It has incredible georgian architecture because this was a town built on the coal mining industry. Originally one local family, the lowthers, who put all of their money into this town. Of course, it is now 40 years since the miners strikes. The coal has gone. The Sellafield Nuclear power station is nearby, and that does employ a lot of people. But theyre going to have the first coal power mine here, not a power station. Its for coking coal, for steel production. Thats for steel production. Thats going to be the first colliery in the country for 30 years. I want to find out from the locals whether that will make a difference. Just difference. Ive just seen a wonderful Restaurant Owner who was friendly along , was very friendly came along, ianed was very friendly came along, invited for a coffee, invited us in for a coffee, which always nice. He owns which is always nice. He owns six businesses this town and six businesses in this town and says theyre doing very, says that theyre doing very, very well, be interested very well, so id be interested to hear he say. To hear what he has to say. I believe now going to talk to believe im now going to talk to liam halligan, hopefully liam is there hear me the there and can hear me in the studio, liam, liam , we just studio, liam, liam, we just mentioned 20. Sorry mentioned the £0. 20, 20. Sorry vat rate and how so many Hospitality Industries would love to see that come down just so that when we pay our bill at the end of a meal, it isnt quite as crippling as it appears to be at the moment. Nye bevan i must say, its so nice to see you in one of the nicest, prettiest parts of the uk. Certainly one of my favourite parts of the country. Great to see gb news as ever getting out and about a lot of this budget has been pre sold. The treasury has undertaken a huge briefing campaign, telling journalists, unusually, whats going to be in the budget. So we know the main measures, but as were now discussing, there may be other things that the chancellor pulls out of his budget day hat. Lets have a look at some of the main measures. We know that theres going to be a £0. 02 cut in the headune going to be a £0. 02 cut in the headline rate of National Insurance, National Insurance fell from £0. 12 in the pound to £0. 10 in the pound in january. People felt that in their february pay packets, its now set to fall to 8. That will actually kick in from april. The beginning of the new tax year, making the average worker those two tax cuts combined £900 better off. Why, bev, is he going for a cut in headline National Insurance rather than income tax . The reason hes income tax . The reason hes going for income tax, not for income tax, is because the income tax, is because the income tax, is because the income tax rise is more expensive, because income tax is also paid by pensioners and landlords , not just workers. Landlords, not just workers. Some other likely measures we got, we got that 2 cut in the headune got, we got that 2 cut in the headline rate of National Insurance. Other likely measures, fuel duty will be frozen at just under 53. A litre of petrol or diesel. No chancellor is going to increase that in an election year. Those changes to non dom tax status , changes to non dom tax status, which weve been talking about for weeks, that is the tax regime that helps wealthy foreigners to pay less tax in the uk, attracting them here so they spend their money, invest their money here. Labour wants to make that much, much stricter, restrict the savings for wealthy foreigners. The for wealthy foreigners. The tories are now likely to do the same in addition, weve got an increase in Business Class airfare duty, another measure of getting more money from the rich to pay for the headline National Insurance cuts and then maybe well have some help for First Time Buyers with maybe more favourable stamp duty payments for them so they can get on the housing ladder. But i agree very much with andrew. Hes often well informed on economic matters. As we know, the matters. As we know, the Hospitality Industry employs 1 in 10 people in this country. Bev directly and many more in other aspects of the business. And it is being hammered. High streets are being hammered by business rates. We know that the Hospitality Industry often employs people part time work , employs people part time work, bringing in extra money for the family, lots of family run businesses. And we know that rishi sunak, of course, hes got a track record of trying to help that part of the economy. Remember, eat out to help out. He may be trying to encourage his chancellor to justify what he during covid by helping he did during covid by helping the Hospitality Industry. Again, its going to be a complicated budget. Theres going to be headunes budget. Theres going to be headlines numbers all over budget. Theres going to be hea place, numbers all over budget. Theres going to be hea place, but numbers all over budget. Theres going to be hea place, but welliers all over budget. Theres going to be hea place, but well be all over budget. Theres going to be hea place, but well be here ver budget. Theres going to be hea place, but well be here on the place, but well be here on gb news at 1230. And after letting our viewers and listeners know whats going on. Okay. Thank you. Liam. Well, im here with a local resident, Gerard Richardson mbe. In fact, a very special local resident, because youve been a volunteer in this community. Youre born and bred here, gerard, and how would you sum up at the moment how people feel in this town about the cost of living, the standard of living . Are they happy with the quality of life theyve got . No, i think, i think everyones anxious , you know, everyones anxious, you know, that its been that way since covid, to be honest. Theres, it feels theres something in feels like theres something in the know, whether the air, you know, whether it needs a clear out across needs a good clear out across whitehall, whether its just, i dont know, people are frustrated, you know , i mean, frustrated, you know, i mean, around here, for example, its a very, very strong prawn. Nuclear area. And yet we dont seem to get the, the direction from government that we want. I mean, what we want is some real Firm Decisions on, on nuclear. We want a Nuclear Power station. Want a Nuclear Power station. Were saying, look, were actually saying, look, bnng were actually saying, look, bring Nuclear Power bring bring a Nuclear Power station many local station here. How many local authorities areas authorities and local areas are saying but we need some saying that, but we need some private investment. The only private investment. The only private investment. The only private investment recent private investment in recent years offered to us is the coal mine. And yet thats been tied up legislation for seven up in legislation for seven years. Frustrating. And years. Its frustrating. And i think thats thats part of it. Its not nothing just directed against the current government. Its frustration level its a general frustration level that theres a malaise, you know, that that something isnt happening. And then for me happening. And then for me personally, you know, i run a shop and its getting harder and harder on the high street. And if you drive from here to carlisle, lets say, theres an Amazon Warehouse at carlisle on the way between here and, you know, the next town, cockermouth, therell be at least 30 vehicles of amazon coming to the west coast. Id like to see in the, in the chancellors budget, Something Like an online tax, like, almost like an online tax, like, almost like an online tax, like, almost like a vat perhaps that cuts in when you turn over maybe £1 million or so. It would allow Small Businesses to continue doing bit online, but it would doing a bit online, but it would level the Playing Field because it its getting hard out there. And theres a real issue because the public still avidly support the public still avidly support the high street. All across the country on mothers day, fathers day, christmas, every high street across the country is packed. But what about the other 9 or 10 months of the year . You know, youve got to remember that theres a community out there and its important to a lot of people of all ages, not just elderly. You know, i think some people write it off and say, well, its high streets just the domain of a generation. Thats thats dying out and thats wrong. Generation. Thats thats dying out cruel. Thats wrong. Generation. Thats thats dying out cruel. So ats wrong. Generation. Thats thats dying out cruel. So weveong. Generation. Thats thats dying out cruel. So weve got. Generation. Thats thats dying out cruel. So weve got to its cruel. Its so weve got to see something the high see something for the high street and specifically for me, weve to see something for weve got to see something for defence. You know, the defences of this country are in a shambolic state. And i say that as an ex serviceman, ill probably vote conservative at the next election. Ive it its kind of dyed in the wool. Ive been tempted to spoil the ballot. Ive been tempted at a good friend of mine. Hes actually the labour candidate around here and id love to give him a vote. But i just im just looking at at the state of the defences. If the conservatives would show them up, i think they would show them up, i think they would awful better would do an awful lot better than the polls. Than they are in the polls. Interested in what you im interested in what you say about the amazon factory down and all of the, down the road and all of the, all of the trucks lined up there. Presumably im playing there. I presumably im playing devils advocate. That is therefore good source therefore a good source of employment for the area people working there. But i guess what youre saying is, well, what does that mean for the community that might be generating a huge amount of profit for amazon . And its people jobs, but its giving people jobs, but then they go to spend then where do they go to spend their when there is no their money when there is no high street . Look, amazon fantastic look, amazon is a fantastic industry knocking industry and im not knocking jeff not knocking jeff bezos. Im not knocking Amazon Amazon is amazon at all. But amazon is a lower volume in terms of workforce. Its a quite high tech warehouses. You robots tech warehouses. You have robots taking down and putting taking things down and putting them into vans okay. Theres local drivers, local delivery drivers, but these guys, you talk to them, theyre a pittance. You theyre paid a pittance. You know, the high street. You know, your local high street pound. Your local high street pound. You know, every every £10 or wherever you spend it stays in the area. It supports people who are your neighbours, your friends, like friends, shops like mine organise events for people organise local events for people to part in. Amazon dont do to take part in. Amazon dont do that. Amazon dont take part in the community. So im not attacking them. What im saying is theres got to be more is theres got to be a more level Playing Field. Its got to be slightly more difficult for people there the people to just sit there in the living room order off jeff living room and order off jeff bezos and supply him with a new yacht. Know, were out there bezos and supply him with a new ysupport know, were out there bezos and supply him with a new ysupport know, itzre out there bezos and supply him with a new ysupport know, it feelth there bezos and supply him with a new ysupport know, it feels like ere , support us, and it feels like thats a conversation that hasnt been had. When you say about this malaise, suddenly these huge changes have happened, these economic , this paradigm economic shifts, this paradigm shift, actually, of what our communities like. And it communities look like. And it doesnt feel like anybody voted for that. And it just sort of happened overnight without without consultation. Happened overnight without witimore consultation. Happened overnight without witimore people onsultation. Happened overnight without witimore people yourltation. Happened overnight without witimore people you talk on. Happened overnight without witimore people you talk to and the more people you talk to and im goin