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relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life.

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Hello, the government would not admit it was even a mini budget.

But in truth, Friday's plan for growth by the new Chancellor, Kwazi Qwa Teng, was more like a budget on steroids.

Cuts in income tax, cuts in national insurance,

cuts in the tax on buying a home for some people, and cuts in the taxes paid by businesses.

Altogether, the Chancellor announced or confirmed tax cuts of around £45 billion.

And the cost of the energy bill subsidy for households and businesses will be even

more. 60 billion, he said, in just the first six months. It was the biggest tax-cutting budget for

50 years. And who will pay for it? Well, partly the hope is increased economic activity will

bring in extra tax, but mainly the cost will be borrowed,

taking the government's total debt further towards £2.5 trillion. That's a lot of noughts.

Well, today, Moneybox is devoted to looking at the Chancellor's statement, what it means for the

money we earn and the taxes we pay. We have our experts later, of course,

but our reporter, Dan Whitworth, has been to the hairdressers.

Not a day off, we don't give him those,

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