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Your Saturday UK Briefing: Hunt’s Big Budget Faces Rough Go

Jeremy Hunt's UK budget injects over £20bn to cushion against rising energy and childcare costs, as the FTSE 100 plunges. BOE's decision on monetary policy on knife-edge.

  • Jeremy Hunt's budget injects over £20 billion to cushion against rising energy and childcare costs.
  • FTSE 100 plunges almost 4% due to turmoil at Credit Suisse and Silicon Valley Bank's collapse.
  • Hunt removes lifetime allowance on pensions for older Britons to return or remain at work.
  • BOE's decision on monetary policy on a knife-edge due to turmoil in the banking sector.
  • Education unions agree to begin talks with the government to end waves of walkouts by teachers and healthcare workers.
Your Saturday UK Briefing: Hunt’s Big Budget Faces Rough Go
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