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11.53am BST

And on that note, budget week draws to a close.

The MPs are heading home, although having been a flat budget week, I don't think the budget sell will be overly enthusiastic. I guess that when you've created a budget with no real narrative, it makes it a little hard to sell the message. But still.

11.45am BST

Lols.

In the snap doorstop Simon Birmingham called to talk about the budget reply speech (what other reason is there), he says this is a budget reply speech barely worth commenting on".