7 Mar 2024

UK: Hunt's spring Budget, PM's chore boasts, another Royal down

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 7 March 2024

UK correspondent Matthew Parris breaks down what's in chancellor Jeremy Hunt's spring budget, including a cut to national insurance rates and a tax on the liquid used in vapes.

An interview for International Women's Day may not have gone the way Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expected and Queen Camilla joins the list of Royals off-duty at the moment.

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt presenting his Autumn Budget Statement at the House of Commons, in London, on November 22, 2023.

Jeremy Hunt's spring budget cut contribution rates to national insurance and introduced tougher taxes on vapes (file photo) Photo: JESSICA TAYLOR