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What is a Budget?
The Budget is when the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the UK's finance minister, announces the government's plans for spending and taxation for the year ahead. It's a big deal because it affects everything from your income tax to the price of a pint. The Prime Minister's hint about business rates relief would be announced there.
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