What will it contain? How will it affect us? The Chancellor must fight inflation and stimulate growth. Will he tighten the nation's purse strings or loosen them? How will VAT affect the pound in your pocket? An up-to-the-minute news service introduced by Alastair Burnet will analyse the Chancellor's changes as he makes them.
In the studio to discuss the Budget with Robin Day Rt Hon Barbara Castle, MP, former Labour Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity; Rt Hon Edward du Cann, MP, former Conservative Treasury Minister; Rt Hon Aubrey Jones, former Chairman, Prices and Incomes Board; Vic Feather, General Secretary of the TUC; Campbell Adamson, Chairman of the CBI.
At 4.0, 4.30, 5.0, 5.30 Paul Griffiths will summarise the Budget so far.
Economic analysis by Peter Oppenheimer, Economics lecturer, Oxford; Halmar Hudson, Chartered Accountant.
At the House Alan Watson
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