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Holly and Phil divide This Morning fans over 'one-sided' Jeremy Hunt interview
Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby angered This Morning viewers as they invited Chancellor Jeremy Hunt onto This Morning to discuss the latest Budget announcement
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Brexit deal to face huge test on same day as Boris Johnson Partygate grilling
MPs will get a vote next Wednesday on the Stormont brake aspect of Rishi Sunak's Windsor Framework, which was agreed with the EU last month in a bid to undo the worst excesses of Boris Johnson's deal
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Over-60s keep free prescriptions as Tories ditch plan to raise eligibility age
Boris Johnson ordered a consultation into raising the age that people qualify for free prescriptions in England in line with the state pension age - but the plans have been dropped
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Budget expert warns cutting nurses' real pay will hammer morale and services
The Institute for Fiscal Studies delivered its scathing verdict on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Budget, warning that slashing public sector pay in real terms would have damaging consequences
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Inside mega prison hell as thousands of gangsters sleep on metal shelves
El Salvador has had a problem with gang-related violence for decades, but the South American country's new President Nayib Bukele has promised a crackdown on crime, and has already rounded up 63,000 gangsters and thrown most in jail
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UK Government bring in immediate TikTok ban over security fears
The European Commission and the US Congress have already outlawed Chinese-owned social media app TikTok following concerns about possible cyber attacks
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Suella Braverman wasting thousands of taxpayer cash on Rwanda photo op
The Home Secretary is heading to Kigali to drum up publicity for her immigration plans even though ministers have failed to send a single asylum seeker there despite handing £140million to the Rwandan government
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Brits in midst of 'disastrous decade' for living standards, experts warn
A post-Budget analysis by the Resolution Foundation says household disposable incomes will still be lower in 2027-28 than before the Covid crisis while some Whitehall ministries face cuts of 10%
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Labour vows to reverse Hunt's 'gilded giveaway' to wealthiest 1% of pensioners
The Shadow Chancellor said Jeremy Hunt's 'gilded giveaway' decision to abolish the £1million pension lifetime allowance was the 'wrong priority' and for the 'wrong people'
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Jeremy Hunt's Budget slammed for helping the rich while poor continue to suffer
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Budget was hailed as a boost for families. But Mirror readers were left less-than-impressed that it offers little to ease our financial woes
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James Bulger's mum says Jon Venables will reoffend like Gary Glitter if freed
Denise Fergus was deflated when informed of a parole hearing for Jon Venables, who murdered her son James. Now she is urging officials to keep him locked up forever
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Key workers with Long Covid deliver petition to Downing Street demanding support
It comes after the Mirror revealed many NHS workers have already been sacked and up to 10,000 are still struggling to return to work could face the sack
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Gary Lineker calls on MPs to crack down on trophy hunters with animal parts ban
The BBC presenter has signed a letter from stars backing the Mirror’s campaign to outlaw the vile sport, and ban sick “trophies” from being imported
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'Insipid and uninspiring Budget offered botched repairs from cowboy builders'
The Chancellor claimed that he had crafted a Budget for growth. The reality is Britain remains in the economic slow lane, with GDP to shrink this year
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Chris Packham hits out at council 'vandalism' as 100 trees are chopped down
The trees were felled in Plymouth, Devon after the go-ahead was given hours earlier by the city council - but contractors were later forced to stop after an injunction was issued
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'Apart from when they poach Labour ideas, Tories just give us more of the same'
Writing for The Mirror, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves says the Government could have shown it understands the scale of the challenges it faces, but chose not to with today's Budget
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'Free childcare is life-changing as I'm in survival mode - but it's Catch-22'
Lucie Driver, 26, has sleepless nights over paying bills and affording childcare when her mat leave comes to an end. While she says the new package announced today by Jeremy Hunt is 'life-changing', she raises concern about the toll on nurseries and their staff
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'Tory Budget has no plan to fix country and is a let-down for working people'
In an article for the Mirror, TUC general secretary Paul Nowak warned that years of underfunding under the Tories has left our public services on their knees and there is no plan to get pay rising
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Use our Budget 2023 calculator to see if you'll be better or worse off
Mirror Money editor Levi Winchester rounds up all the key personal finance announcements that appeared in the Budget today so you can see how they will impact your wallet
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All Jeremy Hunt's Budget announcements at a glance - with all the nasty details
Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled his 2023 Budget with boosts for childcare, energy bills and a freeze on fuel duty. But the small print reveals Brits will see the biggest two-year decline in living standards since the 1950s. Here's what you need to know.
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Jeremy Hunt's 'hidden weapon' wife - age gap and pet name for Chancellor
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to announce a new support package for childcare - so what is his own family life like? We take a look at his wife Lucia and their three children
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Jeremy Hunt's awkward photo op blunder where people cringed over rude sign crop
Jeremy Hunt is set to unveil his first Spring Budget today - and he'll be hoping to get through it without any hiccups, unlike his past appearance at a Tory party conference
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Lineker blasts Tory for 'outrageous' claim he called northern voters 'bigots'
Match of the Day host Gary Lineker rubbished false claims from Tory MP Jonathan Gullis that he called northern voters 'racist bigots, Nazis' during illegal immigration bill row
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Devastated man falsely accused of rape demands life sentence for vile fantasist
In Jordan Trengove’s first TV interview since Eleanor Williams was jailed, he told Good Morning Britain hosts Ed Balls and Susanna Reid her lies drove him to attempt to take his life
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GMB's Dr Hilary issues health warning as cough medicines taken off shelves
Cough medicine products from brands including Boots and Superdrug have been removed as a precaution amid concerns over very rare cases of allergic reaction