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UK Treasury chief seeks drama-free budget day amid strikes

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U.K. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt will stage a moment of high political theater Wednesday. He will unveil his budget to a crowd of baying lawmakers. The last time the government staged a similar event, it set off an economic catastrophe. The value of the pound plunged, mortgage rates soared and the central bank intervened.

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UK Treasury chief seeks drama-free budget day amid strikes

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt will stage a moment of high political theater Wednesday, unveiling his budget to a crowd of baying lawmakers as consumers demand more help with the high cost of living and workers press for higher wages with strikes at schools, hospitals and the offices of civil servants.

1 year ago·United States

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UK Treasury chief seeks drama-free budget day amid strikes

U.K. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt will stage a moment of high political theater as he unveils his budget to cheering and jeering lawmakers

1 year ago·United States

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UK Treasury chief seeks drama-free budget day amid strikes

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt will stage a moment of high political theater as he unveils his budget to cheering and jeering lawmakers. It comes Wednesday as consumers demand more help with the high cost of living and workers press for higher wages with strikes at schools, hospitals and the offices of civil servants. Even as Hunt plays his historically scripted role at the House of Commons, he wil…

1 year ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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UK Treasury chief seeks drama-free budget day amid strikes

1 year ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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South China Morning Post

Strike-hit UK pledges US$114 billion in cost-of-living budget

Government announced support for energy bills, more childcare cash and other actions aimed at encouraging parents, over-50s back to work after Brexit impact, and amid record numbers of long-term sick.

1 year ago·Hong Kong

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Channel News Asia

UK unveils cost-of-living budget as strikes rage

LONDON: Britain's government on Wednesday (Mar 15) vowed a hefty £94 billion (US$114 billion) in cost-of-living support for this year and next, as it forecast the UK to stay out of recession and inflation to slow sharply. Unveiling an annual budget set against a backdrop of mass strikes, finance minister

1 year ago·Singapore

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