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The london evening standard newspaper. it's a big day in uk politics with the country's spring budget unveiled in the house of commons by the chancellorjeremy hunt, the first since the political turmoil that proceeded rishi sunak becoming prime minister. mr hunt said the uk will avoid a recession and he hailed a british economy that he said is "proving the doubters wrong". for more on this, i'm joined by sir steve webb, former minister of state for pensions under the coalition government. thank you very much for coming in. the reason we have invited you in is there has been a bit of a shock on...

And diesel has been frozen for another year. the duty on draught pints has also been frozen to help — in the words ofjeremy hunt — "the great british pub". but people drinking at home will see tax on other alcohol products — like wine and spirits — soar by 10.1% in august — in line with inflation during the peak of the cost—of—living crisis. the lifetime limit on tax—free pensions savings will be abolished. in addition, the annual tax—free pension allowance will rise to £60,000. and free childcare of 30 hours a week for working parents in england is being expanded to cover o...

Feels like some of the momentum has gone and as inflation comes down, some of the ability to demand higher pay has gone with that as well. white marker with the cost of living rising so quickly, older workers already have plenty of reasons not to retire early. in tomorrow's budget, the chancellor, jeremy hunt, is expected to supply a few reasons more. and hejoins me now. can you explain what this lifetime limit is, and will raising it help everyone? the government _ will raising it help everyone? tue: government provides will raising it help everyone? tte: government provides tax will raising ...

All, as you say, the government's proposal is to set an £86,000 lifetime limit on the amount that you can spend on personal social care in england. above that level, then the state would step in and meet the costs. but there are concerns amongst conservative as well as labour mps that £86,000 represents perhaps 90 or 100% of the value of a home in some parts of northern england, leaving people very little money to pass on to their families and perhaps only ten or 20% of the value in some parts of the south—east of england, so that doesn't quite look like levelling up. what mps are going to...

Linkly. i mentioned congress stripped the individual mandate from it. when you look now how reduced is the law because of that? how much did it change the way the law works? >> well, look, the good news is that this law, fundamental premise of the law which is to essentially tell people that if you have a pre-existing condition or if you were going to reach the lifetime limit that insurance companies can't discriminate against you. all that still holds. so the law fundamentally has, many of the most important pieces you'll see i think 15 million people that have insured through medicaid expans...