Businesses and middle-earners will pay for spend now, pay later budget https://t.co/xaXZ9AJlXH

— The Guardian (@guardian) March 3, 2021

🔊 Sound ON 👇

Rishi Sunak has warned the cost of Britain's Covid response will reach £407bn by the end of next year as he unveiled an extra £65bn in spending at the #Budget2021.

🎥 Watch as we run-down 5 things you need to know – and read more here: https://t.co/2o8CxETonT pic.twitter.com/Ih37hgNwq0

— Telegraph Business (@TeleBusiness) March 3, 2021

An NHS budget cut.

No new support for social care.

No pay rise for NHS staff who’ve risked their lives for a year.

.@RishiSunak really has shown his true colours in this Budget. He clapped, he talked of heroes, but he’s left the NHS high and dry. https://t.co/KjWeJKRbbB

— Dr Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) March 3, 2021

FT View: The UK Budget signalled that much of the tax burden will fall on big business, burying the vision of a low-tax, post-Brexit Britain. It also signalled a shift in the Conservative orthodoxy that has reigned since the Thatcher era https://t.co/baFEXF9QUP

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) March 3, 2021

Budget 2021: EU border disruption to cause economic hit – and Brexit deal to see '4% shrinkage in long-term'https://t.co/WXRJvQwfcI pic.twitter.com/6DH4BmHWyN

— Graham Simpson (@grahambsi) March 3, 2021

Rishi Sunak hands 90% of £1bn new Towns Fund cash in Budget to Tory seatshttps://t.co/QqrDp1w0u2 pic.twitter.com/OUFAMS6xUd

— Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) March 3, 2021

Rather than being a starting gun on a decade of decarbonisation, today’s budget was a false start 🔫💥

The UK needs to do better to claim the mantel of global climate leader, says @LukeSMurphy #COP26 pic.twitter.com/vH9RNoxaGN

— IPPR (@IPPR) March 3, 2021

1. It prevents a cliff edge
2 You can't just flick a switch. Biz needs time to get ready/adapt
3 It allows a phased return allowing biz to build up a critical mass before bringing all staff back
4 Stops massive redundancies
5 We don't know what the virus will do
6 Try empathy? https://t.co/ho8z08kY4h

— Aodhán Michael Connolly (@MichaelAodhan) March 3, 2021

Under the cover of the Budget, the Tories have unilaterally moved the goalposts in Northern Ireland by refusing to bring in the checks they were obliged to under the Agreement, and instead awarding themselves a "grace period".

Like a student moving the homework deadline. https://t.co/nnfGJdV979

— Edwin Hayward (@edwinhayward) March 3, 2021

Budget 2021 | Read a summary of the key points and specific issues affecting Northern Ireland businesses – https://t.co/aVtcIYtkPL #Budget2021 pic.twitter.com/mXRP3qTryN

— nibusinessinfo (@nibusinessinfo) March 3, 2021

Quiet news day goes on… Another significant bust up over the NI Protocol https://t.co/qpGTF1byd9

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) March 3, 2021

Formal EU response to today's UK government announcement. https://t.co/TPziB7jGT5

— David Henig 🇺🇦 (@DavidHenigUK) March 3, 2021

EU says unilateral action by the UK on the NI Protocol is contrary to the good faith provision in the Withdrawal Agreement and “the second time the UK is set to breach international law”, acc to statement by @MarosSefcovic

— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) March 3, 2021

Irish goverment says UK's move on grace periods undermines its commitment to the proper implementation of the NI Protocol and is is 'deeply unhelpful to building the relationship of trust and partnership'

— JPCampbellBiz (@JP_Biz) March 3, 2021

Exclusive: The Loyalist Communities Council, which represents the views of a number of paramilitary organisations, has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, withdrawing support for the Belfast Agreement. Full story in tomorrow's @irish_news

— Allison Morris (@AllisonMorris1) March 3, 2021

🧵 I’m a historian & collections manager who has worked with archives of rare artifacts. This earrings controversy – that they were a gift from an unsavory intl figure – is a big deal. But evidence suggests M was set up re: these earrings.
Here’s why:
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— #ButHerEarrings (@DuchessCofC) March 3, 2021

U.S. Capitol Police say intelligence shows a “possible plot” by a militia group to breach the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. The threat appears to be connected to a conspiracy theory that former President Donald Trump will return to power on March 4.https://t.co/h2byAG4P9d

— The Associated Press (@AP) March 3, 2021

The Capitol Police is preparing for another assault on the Capitol building on Thursday, March 4, after obtaining intelligence of a potential plot by a militia group. “We are taking the intelligence seriously,” the Capitol Police said. https://t.co/VfhvD9kcBw

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 3, 2021

It’s official: Last votes of the week are tonight, per Hoyer’s office

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 3, 2021

Rep. Michael McCaul says "Trump has a responsibility" to tell his supporters "to stand down" after new threat https://t.co/H0X0rWiD0J

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 3, 2021

Just like Jan 6, this is the fault of one person. One.

If Donald Trump had not encouraged white supremacist terrorists, if he had not lied endlessly about the election having been “stolen” from him, this would not be happening. https://t.co/rt3vPhSZRi

— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) March 3, 2021

A lot of people are asking me about QAnon and extremist-related threats tomorrow.

Nobody knows what will happen, but here's what we do know: There is considerably less public organization and open threats on the Capitol than there was in the run-up to 1/6. It's not comparable.

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) March 3, 2021

Republican Ron Johnson tells a Wisconsin radio station that he plans to force the Senate to read the entire COVID relief bill before debate can begin, further delaying help that millions of Americans need.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 3, 2021

There are a lot of astonishing lines in Mike Pence's op-ed calling for vote suppression https://t.co/2RmokA910L

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) March 3, 2021

Mike Pence has returned from the wilderness with an op-ed that claims "significant voting irregularities" in the 2020 election. It shows how the GOP establishment and the "election fraud" liars are setting aside their differences to push voter suppression. https://t.co/M8vVCZQjD2

— Cameron Joseph (@cam_joseph) March 3, 2021

Opinion: ‘Big Lie’ promoter Kayleigh McEnany lands at Fox News, naturally https://t.co/MzhBsNTZdW

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 3, 2021

“It’s putting us in the firing line”: Small business owners in Texas say Gov. Greg Abbott decision to lift mask mandate will only make matters worse for them. https://t.co/AG8ATy3JaF via @TexasTribune

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) March 3, 2021

Why is Josh Hawley asking the FBI director about capabilities of cell phone tracking? #AskingforAFriend? Funny Gambino crime jokes in this segment. https://t.co/HTfHufp4x9

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) March 3, 2021

Some news: The DEA has suspended an agent who was in the crowd, armed, outside the U.S. Capitol as a mob of Trump supporters besieged it, the first known case of authorities examining the conduct of a fellow federal agent during the deadly riot.https://t.co/HHEmOXEtYE

— Brad Heath (@bradheath) March 3, 2021

Of course they are with tomorrow’s planned threat. Way to go @Facebook

— Robin Forman 🟦 🟧 (@robin_forman) March 3, 2021

Breaking NYT: The Transportation Department's inspector general asked DOJ in December to consider a criminal investigation into what it said was Elaine Chao's misuse of her office in the Trump admin to help promote her family's shipping business. https://t.co/0uhzXAtADL

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 3, 2021

Representative Ronny Jackson, Republican of Texas, harassed staff and recklessly drank while serving as the top White House physician, a Pentagon inspector general concluded. https://t.co/hWCcKNgGIw

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 3, 2021