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A shop in London's South Molton Street still displaying Christmas decorations in March

Shops stuck with Christmas displays ‘look forward to post-lockdown lift’

Deliveroo cyclist

Deliveroo picks London for potential stock market listing

The patio area at Wetherspoon's Royal Enfield in Redditch

Wetherspoon details beer garden reopenings

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak delivering his Budget to the House of Commons

‘Serious questions’ remain on credibility of planned spending cuts – think-tank

Chancellor Rishi Sunak addressing the media

Chancellor vows to use Budget to build ‘fairer and more just’ country

Gaming

Call of Duty: Warzone update drives record day for downloads on Virgin Media

Rishi Sunak

Sunak sets out plans to increase tax take to pay for coronavirus support

Budget 2021

Sunak rejects ‘naked pork barrel politics’ claims over regeneration funding

Lockdown alcohol

Lockdown alcohol sales set to give Treasury an extra £800m

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak outside 11 Downing Street, London (Aaron Chown/PA)

Tax burden set to be highest since the 1960s after Sunak’s Budget

London skyline

Corporation tax will increase to 25% from 2023

London Stock Exchange

Budget helps London markets climb despite Wall Street caution

OBR forecasts

UK economy will bounce back faster thanks to vaccine boost – fiscal watchdog

Sainsbury’s store front

Around 1,150 jobs affected in Sainsbury’s restructuring with 500 HQ jobs axed

People looking in an estate agent's window

Stamp duty extension ‘a huge relief to buyers stuck in transaction logjam’

Houses in Hexham, Northumberland

New 5% deposit mortgage scheme ‘will make a real difference’

St Thomas’ Hospital in central London

Many doctors may leave NHS rather than face huge pension tax bills, BMA warns

BA planes

Tax on flights rises despite industry pleas for cut