16 Mar 2023

UK: Budget day - pensions and childcare boosted, UK economy to shrink

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 16 March 2023

UK correspondent Harriet Line joins Kathryn to talk about what Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered in his Budget, including an expansion of 30-hours free childcare to younger children, an extension to the energy price guarantee and increase in corporate tax from 19% to 25%.

Harriet Line is Deputy Political Editor of the Daily Mail.

A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt announcing tax and spending measures, part of medium-term fiscal plan to MPs at the House of Commons, in London, on October 17, 2022.

Jeremy Hunt has unveiled his Budget today, overhauling childcare, pensions and disability benefits. Photo: AFP / PRU