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11:59

Roadtransport.com - Hello, and welcome to Roadtransport.com's live Budget coverage.

12:00

Roadtransport.com - This is Toby Clark, editor of Roadtransport.com, and I'm here at Hermes House, headquarters of the Freight Transport Association.
I'm about to be joined by FTA Chief Economist Simon Chapman, who will be providing expert analysis of the Budget announcements as they are made.

12:09

Toby Clark - The Chancellor's speech will begin at 12.30pm. In the meantime, the Commons is taken up with Prime Minister's Questions - and David Cameron is giving Gordon Brown a hard time about unemployment and debt.

12:11

Biglorryblog - Brace yourselves! Follow the budget LIVE with Simon Chapman from the FTA at www.roadtransport.com/budget Expect tough spending cuts!

12:13

Toby Clark - Thanks, Brian! You can expect more comments from Roadtransport.com's journalists via their Twitter accounts.

12:13

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12:20

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12:24

Toby Clark - This is the first time we've used CoveritLive in anger, and I'd welcome any feedback from you. Just use the box below to send any comments - and of course we'd like to receive your questions on the Budget itself.

12:31

Toby Clark - The Sun led with a story on the vehicle scrappage scheme today, claiming that it would apply to any vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes GVW - they used the excellent headline 'White Van Man can land two grand by canning van' - and also claiming that it would only apply to British-made vehicles. While this would be nice for LDV, Vauxhall and Ford, how exactly would that square with EU competition law?

12:33

rt_ChristopherW - No mention of fuel duty in the national press today in the lead-up to the budget. Is a suprise in store?

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