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Liz Truss struggled to find a seat on the frontbench during the Budget today and ended up sitting on the Home Secretary Sajid Javid’s knee.

Chancellor Philip Hammond – or ‘Spreadsheet Phil’ as he is known around the halls of Westminster – had a big challenge ahead of Monday’s Autumn Budget.

A new tax aimed at Facebook, Google and Amazon has been described as “trivial” after it was revealed that online tech giants could pay just £9 million a year on average.

It’s a tough crowd, the House of Commons.

But Chancellor Philip Hammond approached his Autumn Budget with the confidence of a seasoned stand-up, attempting a series of jokes and riffs with all the enthusiasm of a comic seeking a Netflix special.

But, at least according to the peanut gallery, many of the gags failed to land. Judge for yourself ....

Straight Out The Gate With Some Nostalgia 

“I’m sure like me, many members of the House keenly remember the last Budget delivered... Читать дальше...

It’s a tough crowd, the House of Commons.

But Chancellor Philip Hammond approached his Autumn Budget with the confidence of a seasoned stand-up, attempting a series of jokes and riffs with all the enthusiasm of a comic seeking a Netflix special.

But, at least according to the peanut gallery, many of the gags failed to land. Judge for yourself ....

Straight Out The Gate With Some Nostalgia 

“I’m sure like me, many members of the House keenly remember the last Budget delivered... Читать дальше...

‘Fiscal Phil’ has targeted online tech giants by announcing a new digital services tax in his Budget, promising to “deliver international corporate tax reform for the digital age”. 

On 6 November, Americans will go to the polls for the first time since they elected Donald Trump in 2016. In these midterm elections, voters will decide which party controls the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Environmental campaigner Daniel Webb has demonstrated just how wasteful not recycling your rubbish is, by saving every scrap of plastic he used across the course of a year.

Teaching unions have reacted with fury after the Government allocated more money to fix potholes than to help hard-up schools.

K E Y   P O I N T S

• Chancellor announces £1 billion package over five years for Universal Credit rollout, with details to be announced later in the year.

• Work Allowance to be boosted by £1,000 per annum. “Universal Credit is here to stay,” Hammond says, helping 2.4 million working families with children, and people with disabilities by £630 per year.

• National Living Wage to reach £8.21 in April.

• Government rules out signing another PFI or PF2 contracts. Читать дальше...

An alleged far-right terrorist who named his baby son after Hitler has told a jury it was not his goal to raise a “miniature Nazi”.

Stamp duty will be abolished for all first-time buyers of shared ownership properties valued up to £500,000. 

‘The Simpsons’ showrunner Al Jean has dismissed the suggestion that controversial character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon is being written out of the show.

A former soldier has been jailed for life after being convicted of shooting his estranged wife and mother-in-law in execution-style killings.

A former soldier has been found guilty of shooting his estranged wife and mother-in-law in execution-style killings.

The wife and son of Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday, have arrived at the stadium to pay tribute to the late billionaire. 

A psychiatric patient who murdered a grandmother had been smoking high-strength cannabis and believed she had suffered a miscarriage in the weeks before the killing, an inquest has heard.

Trick or treaters have been warned to wrap up warm as it looks like there might be a bite in the air on Halloween night.

A few months ago, I went on a silent meditation retreat. It involved a long weekend in an English country house without any form of communication. No phones, no books, no pen or paper - just me and my thoughts, some meditation classes, a spot of gardening and the beautiful Devon countryside.

Seven men have been found guilty of sexually exploiting vulnerable teenage girls in Rotherham, in the biggest prosecution of child sexual exploitation in the town. 

A woman in her 30s has reportedly blown herself up in front of a shopping centre in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, wounding nine people in what the Interior Ministry has described as a “terrorist explosion.”