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Budget 2018: Why was no money allocated to tackle the escalating crime wave?

Austerity isn’t over at all – George Osborne’s toxic legacy marches on

How the murder of Jamal Khashoggi finally put the spotlight on UK arms sales and the war in Yemen

Finally, the Tories are discovering the state can be a force for good

Theresa May fails to back US calls for Saudi Arabia to stop bombing Yemen

Crisis in Yemen deepens as millions face starvation and malnutrition

Record number of people sleeping rough in London

PMQs erupts into laughter as Theresa May repeats her ‘broken promise’ that austerity is ending

Home Office letter contradicts ‘extra £160m’ for counter-terrorism policing

Brexit deal ‘will not create cash boost for chancellor’

Why leavers still believe the £350m claim: emotion trumps facts where the EU is concerned in The Times

Throwaway Phil embraces austerity lite to save his skin in The Guardian

The Devil’s in the detail: Are Phil’s Budget giveaways actually that feel-good? We find out what they REALLY mean for you in the Daily Mail

Jeremy Hunt DENIES ‘prior knowledge’ of Saudi plot against murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi but dodges questions on whether UK intelligence had advance warning in the Daily Mail

The tax sting hidden in the Budget small print: Half of £730 saving for four million higher-rate taxpayers will be clawed BACK by Treasury in NI contributions (but Chancellor didn’t mention that in his speech) in the Daily Mail

Stealth NI rise to nullify half of Philip Hammond’s budget tax cuts in The Telegraph

Repairs bill for crumbling NHS hospitals hits £3bn amid backlash against Chancellor’s spending plans in The Independnet

Budget 2018 experts blow apart Tories’ ‘end of austerity’ claim – 7 ways they just steamrollered Philip Hammond in the Daily Mirror

Chancellor ‘dupes’ high earners as it’s revealed they’ll lose half of tax break in The Sun

Philip Hammond’s spending spree is a ‘gamble’, IFS says as it warns tax rises are ‘inevitable’ in The Telegraph

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