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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

People in Winchester in December

Who are the winners and losers from the Budget?

Worker in pub

Hospitality chiefs cautiously welcome ‘crucial’ Budget support measures

London Skyline

Government to back new business loans of up to £10m

Breakspear Crematorium in Ruislip

Covid-19 deaths cut state pension spending and push up inheritance tax receipts

Brexit

Brexit trade drop to bring 0.5% GDP hit in first three months of 2021 – OBR

Google Chrome

Google ‘will not build new ways to identify users once third-party cookies gone’

Winchester high street

Business rates holiday extended to June before two-thirds discount

Homes for sale

Property buyers praise ‘lifeline’ stamp duty holiday set to save them thousands

City of London

Business leaders mainly praise Rishi Sunak’s Budget

City of London

Housebuilders boost markets as stamp duty extension welcomed

Budget 2021

Rishi Sunak sets out plan to hike corporation tax in his Budget