The 2024 budget will take place this afternoon.
It will be delivered to the House of Commons by Jeremy Hunt, the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
This will be the third budget to be presented by Hunt since his appointment as Chancellor, and is expected to be the final budget before the next United Kingdom general election.
The BBC, ITV, Sky News, GB News and TalkTV will carry the budget statement live.
The BBC’s coverage gets underway at 11.15am on BBC Two with Jo Coburn, while ITV1’s live coverage starts at 12.15pm.
Sky News, GB News and TalkTV will be in rolling news mode from 6am with PMQs at midday and the budget statement at 12.30pm.
All five networks will also provide live streaming of the event with the BBC’s coverage on iPlayer, ITV on ITVX, and Sky News, GB News and TalkTV on YouTube.
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