Making a Spring Statement

Published: March 23, 2022, 10:35 p.m.

Spring is in the air\u2026 along with inflation and a rise in the cost of living.

The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, unveiled his Spring Statement today against a backdrop of rising inflation at home, and economic uncertainty abroad amid the Ukraine crisis.

To help pore over the pennies, percentages and decimal points in the Chancellor\u2019s plans, Adam is joined by Laura, the BBC\u2019s Evan Davis and Gareth McNab from debt counselling charity Christians Against Poverty.

Also\u2026 Phil McCann is at a petrol station in Chester to discuss the fuel duty cut.

Today\u2019s Newscast was made by Tim Walklate, with John Murphy and Ben Cooper. The studio director was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor was Alison Gee.