Budget 2021: Who will be affected? - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

Rishi Sunak has rejected claims his plans to recover back the cost of coronavirus support will hit the poorest hardest as he set out measures to protect business in Wednesday's Budget.

Today programme's Mishal Husain spoke to the chancellor and other business experts including Torsten Bell, chief executive at the Resolution Foundation, Richard Hughes, chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility, Sir Howard Davies, former deputy governor of the Bank of England and now chairman of Natwest Group and Anneliese Dodds, shadow chancellor of the exchequer.

Image: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak holds the budget box; Credit: Reuters

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