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UK Finance Minister Rishi Sunak departs No. 11 Downing Street to deliver the national budget in Parliament, in which he is expected to extend several schemes to support the economy through the Covid-19 pandemic while making moves to shore up government revenues. IMAGES
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and senior members of his government mark a minute's silence in honour of NHS and other key workers who have died due to COVID-19 since the beginning of the global pandemic. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson left intensive care after three days of treatment for COVID-19, his office says. The 55-year-old Conservative leader had received "standard oxygen treatment" after he was transferred to the intensive care unit at London's St Thomas's hospital on Monday, his spokesman says. IMAGES of St Thomas' Hospital in central London
UK Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt poses outside 11 Downing Street with the red, leather-covered box containing his speech before leaving to present the spring budget to parliament. Britain's Conservative government is expected to use the budget update to unveil tax cuts for millions of workers, in an attempt to woo voters before a general election. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's party, which has been in power since 2010, is well behind the main opposition Labour party in opinion polls and looks likely to be dumped out of office. IMAGES
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives to give evidence at Britain's Covid-19 inquiry. During the pandemic he was Britain's Finance Minister, and has faced criticism for his implementation of a scheme called 'Eat Out To Help Out'. Designed to revive demand for restaurants after they were closed in Covid lockdowns, the scheme has been criticised for potentially helping spread the disease, with senior scientists saying they weren't consulted. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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