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The chancellor, rishi sunak, will deliver his budget and spending review shortly, and the government is now expected to make changes to universal credit, the bbc understands. it's expected the chancellor to allow in—work claimants to keep more of the money they earn, by changing the taper rate, although the treasury would not comment on any changes. a number of policies have already been announced, but the government is under pressure to do more to help people struggling with the rising cost of living. so far, we've been told there will be a rise in the national living wage from £8.91 per h...

Families this winter.— families this winter. we had the announcement _ families this winter. we had the announcement at _ families this winter. we had the announcement at the _ families this winter. we had the announcement at the national l families this winter. we had the - announcement at the national living wage will rise to £9.50. we are also hearing although i stress it has not been confirmed, that a government is expecting to make changes to universal credit, allowing any work claimants to keep more of the money that they earn. will those measures presumably help?— that they earn. w...

£6.9 billion for england's transport network, again, a pretty significant amount. as we understand it, i think it is £1.5 billion that is actually new money. this will be for the transport network in cities outside london. the wage increases that laura talked about, the national living wage is to rise to £9.50 an hour, for workers over 23. there is also an increase in the national minimum wage for those younger than that. and perhaps the most recent announcement in the long string of pre—announcements, a freeze on public sector pay to end. we don't know the details of that. inflation may ...

Waiting for tests and scans. £6.9 billion has been allocated to transport projects, including in west yorkshire, the west midlands and greater manchester. and the minimum pay rate for those aged 23 and over, known as the national living wage, will go up to £9.50 per hourfrom april. but even though plenty has been announced, what we will get from the chancellor later still really matters because it will be the detail about the state of the economy and the state of the government's finances, and so crucially, where our money will be spent and where it won't. now, then, it's over to the chancel...

Of householders who are not going to be able to bear the extra cost of heating their homes because of the price rises. the chancellor today has got to match his fiscal responsibility with a bit of moral responsibility. in the last few days, loads of stuff about today's budget been already been announced. nhs england will get £5.9 billion to tackle the backlog of people waiting for tests and scans. £6.9 billion has been allocated to transport projects, including in west yorkshire, the west midlands and greater manchester. and the minimum pay rate for those aged 23 and over, known as the natio...