Talking Politics

BUDGET SPECIAL: Did Labour bottle it, and will they have to come back for more?

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£40 billion of tax rises, huge increases in public spending for Britain's creaking public services and even some punchy political allegations of Tory dishonesty...

It was a very big day for the government, as Britain's first ever female Chancellor laid out Labour's budget plans to the country. 

Anushka Asthana, Robert Peston and Joel Hills join Tom Bradby for a special episode of Talking Politics.