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"Putin - my personal enemy, who killed my husband." Marina Litvinenko, widow of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko who was the poisoned in London with Polonium-210, says she believes justice for her husband's death will happen 'one day'. A 2016 public inquiry found that Mr Litvinenko's assassination was 'probably' approved by President Vladimir Putin.

Sir Patrick Stewart, star of stage and screen, has died at the age of 86. Sir Gregory Doran, former RSC artistic director, and actor Sir David Suchet pay tribute to their friend.

"If it was as easy to do the arbitrary cuts that they are putting forward, they would've done it when they were in government five minutes ago." Labour's Wes Streeting pushes back against criticism of the government's Budget savings in order to boost defence spending.

"I'd give it a four out of ten." Former Burnham advisor Andy Haldane gives the Chancellor's budget a Strictly Come Dancing-style judgement, as he explains to @bbcnickrobinson's Political Thinking what more he would like to have seen from John Healey. Listen here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b08qm…

"It's easy to promise change but the track record suggests you didn't deliver it, particularly on welfare?" @BBCNickRobinson asks Andrew Griffith, as the Conservative Shadow Chancellor calls the Budget 'disjointed' and criticises it for lacking detail on benefit cuts.

"It does look pretty bleak, doesn't it?" @bbcnickrobinson asks the Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, Jonathan Haskell, about their description of living standards as a 'pretty grim picture' up to the end of the decade.

"Was it really worth getting rid of Keir Starmer for this?" @bbcnickrobinson asks Chancellor John Healey why the Burnham government promised a transformation of Britain but delivered a Budget of small measures.

"In the end, it is stronger growth in the British economy that will help lift this country." As the Office for Budget Responsibility calls the outlook for living standards 'pretty grim', Chancellor John Healey insists his budget will boost the economy.

"There will be a reduction in the benefits bill... It is simply not good for Britain." Chancellor John Healey insists he will cut welfare spending before the next election, as Kemi Badenoch claimed the benefits bill was rising 'because this government has put welfare first'.

What can we expect from the Budget? Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis says he thinks it will be 'a retail Budget' that focuses on 'small things that makes people happy'.

"Every mother and father in the world try to help their children." Two-time Oscar winner Michael Douglas reflects on his father's legacy and tells @BBCkatyaadler that writing a memoir was an important legacy to leave for his 'nepo baby' children.

"This is about long-term fairness. What people want on energy bills is they pay for what they use." Money Saving Expert founder Martin Lewis reacts to the chancellor's announcement that standing charges will be scrapped from household gas bills.

Standing charges will be scrapped from household gas bills for millions, says Chancellor John Healey, ahead his first Budget later today. Citizens Advice chief Dame Clare Moriarty and Helen Miller from the Institute Fiscal Studies assess how much impact the change will have.

"It would throw up a huge dust cloud of uncertainty." Former chief economist at the Bank of England Andy Haldane says reopening a debate about Brexit ‘would be a damaging thing'.

"That is absolute cobblers and you know it." Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is pressed on 'egregious' comments made by former party councillors and vetting processes uncovered in a documentary made by ITV.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission is arguing businesses should not be able to ask prospective employees about previous salaries at the risk of 'creating a pattern that discriminates'. @JustinOnWeb asks CEO John Kirkpatrick about the viewpoint.

There will be an independent review into the murder of student Henry Nowak, led by former justice secretary Alex Chalk. He says it will aim to answer questions of what happened before and after the 18-year-old student was fatally stabbed in December 2025 by Vickrum Digwa.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has proposed increasing the waiting period for migrants wanting indefinite leave to remain. @JonnyDymond asks Mayor of London Lord Khan if he agrees with the plans.

"Don't do anything to screw up that momentum." Former Treasury Minister Lord O'Neill, who has advised Andy Burnham, tells @JustinOnWeb the government has been 'constrained' by the Labour manifesto.