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Reserves in the tank, so that as we embark on the journey that we take over the next couple of years, we are confident that we have got enough gas in the tank to see us through that journey. There are two kinds of budget, those that have a specific problem to solve, normally a crisis in the public finances. And there are those where there isnt much to do, chancellors just have to stand up and look like theyve been keeping busy. Well, this one is more in the latter category. Part of the reason for that is that brexit is looming over everything at the moment. The old slogan used to be, you must ...

Nearly 30 parties submit lists of candidates for election

The Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament, commemorated the victims of the recent events in Israel on Wednesday. The Dutch MPs observed a minute of silence in the presence of Israeli Ambassador Modi Ephraim. Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema also observed a moment of silence on Wednesday in the city council.

The high turnover of politicians in The Hague has not yet improved confidence in national politics. Only 25 percent of Dutch voters trust national politicians, about the same as before the appointment of many new party leaders, EenVandaag found in its annual Budget Day survey among 29,000 members of its opinion panel.

The VVD is entering the parliamentary election in November with seven women in the top ten of its list of candidate parliamentarians. Party leader Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius leads the list, followed by parliamentary faction leader Sophie Hermans and her deputy Bente Becker, sources told De Telegraaf.