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To the chancellor's statement and trying, you know in real time, to unpick some of the statements that he was making and some of the claims that he was making. did the penny drop for you straight away when you heard that keir had covid that that would mean it was you doing it? yes, and of course, look... ..i say i only had 45 minutes, obviously keir and i had been working on this speech and it drew on some of the things that i spoke about in my conference speech just a few weeks ago. so it wasn't unfamiliar terrain. and actually in a way, having 45 minutes means you haven't got time to get ner...

So many details of the Chancellor's Budget have been leaked that he will have little to comment on that's new beyond the weather

Us see what happens at the despatch box. on that support for working families, steve you mentioned you are one of the senior conservatives calling for action on universal credit to enable people to keep more of the cash they earn, i heard on the grapevine the chancellor has briefed some senior tory mps ability what he is going to say, they will be trying to make that happen. what have you heard on that, are you confident he is going to allow people to keep more of their earnings? i know what i have said which is you need to find 10 billion a yearfor a universal which is you need to find 10 bil...

Taxation— taxation, and if you look at taxation and the amounts involved here. _ taxation and the amounts involved here. there — taxation and the amounts involved here, there are only three taxes that you — here, there are only three taxes that you could look at. about two thirds _ that you could look at. about two thirds of— that you could look at. about two thirds of all tax is raised through inconie — thirds of all tax is raised through income tax, national insurance and vat. _ income tax, national insurance and vat. and _ income tax, national insurance and vat, and then you ask y...

I think we would all want to see. borisjohnson. the government has said it needs "significant" changes to the agreement covering trade in northern ireland. the so—called northern ireland protocol helps prevent the need for checks on the border on the island of ireland. ministers are particularly concerned that chilled meats will not be able to move from great britain to northern ireland when a grace period expires at the end of september. during prime minister's questions, borisjohnson said he wanted to sort out issues with the protocol through practical steps. immediately afterwards, the no...