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Evening Standard sorry over Budget leak | |
(34 minutes later) | |
The Evening Standard has apologised after it published details of the Budget online before George Osborne delivered his statement. | |
The newspaper's front page outlined announcements such as the cancellation of a fuel duty rise and a rise in the personal tax allowance to £10,000. | |
Budget decisions are supposed to be secret before the chancellor speaks. | Budget decisions are supposed to be secret before the chancellor speaks. |
The newspaper apologised for what it called a "very serious mistake" and removed the online image. | |
Evening Standard political correspondent Joe Murphy said the newspaper's front page had been published on Twitter in error. | |
"We are so sorry to the House of Commons, to the Speaker and to the chancellor for what happened. We shall be apologising to them," Mr Murphy tweeted. | |
BBC political correspondent Tim Reid says Labour leader Ed Miliband is reading a photocopy of newspaper's front page while Mr Osborne is speaking. | |
The front page of the newspaper says that the chancellor is to scrap the annual alcohol duty escalator and will also cut the price of a pint of beer by 1p. | |
The newspaper says Mr Osborne will set out growth forecasts showing the UK economy will grow by 0.6% this year. | |
The government will also borrow £61.5bn more than planned over six years, with national debt rising to 85% of GDP, the newspaper says. | |
According to the Standard, the personal tax allowance will rise to £10,000 by April 2014. | |
In 1947 Chancellor Hugh Dalton resigned after leaking details of a Budget to journalists. | In 1947 Chancellor Hugh Dalton resigned after leaking details of a Budget to journalists. |