Politics

"How anyone clings to the notion that a system which delivers, so consistently, majority Conservative governments on a minority of the votes cast is best for working people simply baffles me," Labour's Mark Drakeford said.

The Daily Express, the Daily Mail and The Telegraph all put a positive spin on the Tories' Budget announcement to mask the biggest tax increase in decades.

The government had promised to match lost EU funding for deprived areas - but Rishi Sunak had other ideas.

By contrast, Scottish Water - which is publicly owned - has invested nearly 35 per cent more per household in infrastructure than the privatised English firms, charging 14 per cent less and not paying out dividends.

Spain, Austria, The Netherlands and France have put in ambitious measures to significantly reduce CO2 emissions in Europe by 2050. But Sunak says flights will "bring the UK together".

"...to spend almost five years in that role and not help a single constituent is breathtaking laziness."

Rachel Reeves said the Chancellor's Budget was "loading the burden" on working people.

Lest we forget that this government voted to allow human faeces to land on our beaches. The first unwanted invasion of our shores since 1066.

Sunak made it cheaper for people to fly between UK cities - while making little mention of the climate crisis in Wednesday's Budget.