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Today we're in the Houses of Parliament just a few hours after Philip Hammond delivered his budget to the House of Commons.

Later I'll speak to Alistadar in the former Labour Chancellor about what it's like to deliver a budget and what he made of both the content and Philip Hammond's jokes

about his leader Jeremy Corbyn.

But first I'm joined by Lucy Fisher, senior political correspondent from The Times, Times

columnist and Conservative peer Matt Ridley and Labour

MP Wes Streeting, member of the Treasury Select Committee.

Welcome to you all.

So do you see. So Lucy, one of the most striking things if you look at the red book for the budget is that it's incredibly thin.

There's literally not a lot in it.

No, that's right.

And in the context of in recent days, some conservatives urging the PM to call a snap election.

This certainly isn't a massive pre-election budget giveaway as far as I'm concerned.

In fact, quite the opposite.

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