The Budget 2008 coverage:
BBC starts their budget programme at 11:30am on BBC2.
ITV News starts at 12:20pm – Julie Etchingham, Alastair Stewart and Katie Derham presenting the coverage. Chris Choi meets a family who are struggling to cope with rising food costs and energy bills.
Sky News starts at 11am – Presented by Dermot Murnaghan, Adam Boulton and Michael Wilson. Anna Jones will be live in Newcastle. Emma doing the newswall stuff.
At 12pm Martin Stanford will present ‘Budget unplugged’. An analysis programme coming live from the Sky News Radio studio to Active and Sky News Online.
Cameron digs early:
PMQ’s is at 12pm, The Budget at 12:30pm. We’ll have more coverage images and videos later.
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