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New Freeports will encourage free trade and reinforce our position as an outward-looking, trading nation, open to the world. #Budget2021

Help to Grow: Management will help thousands of SMEs get world-class management training. Help to Grow: Digital will help them develop digital skills with free expert training and a 50% discount on new productivity-enhancing software Register now: gov.uk/helptogrow

We’re launching a new Future Fund Breakthrough to help fill the scale-up funding gap. #Budget2021

In 2023 the rate of corporation tax, paid on company profits, will increase to 25%. Even after this change we’ll still have the lowest corporation tax rate in the G7. We’ll also protect small businesses so only 10% of companies will pay the full higher rate #Budget2021

We’ll also tackle fraud in our COVID schemes, with £100m to set up a new Taxpayer Protection Taskforce of around 1,000 investigators. #Budget2021

Together with @OliverDowden we’re extending the Culture Recovery Fund and supporting our arts, culture and sporting institutions as they reopen. We're introducing a new approach to apprenticeships in the creative industries, and extending the TV restart scheme. #HereForCulture

Support for the self-employed will continue with a 4th grant covering February to April, and a 5th grant from May. As the tax return deadline has now passed, 600,000 more people, many of whom became self-employed last year, can now claim the 4th and 5th grants. #Budget2021

To protect the jobs and livelihoods of the British people through the remaining phase of this crisis, the furlough scheme will be extended until the end of September. #Budget2021

To support restaurants and the people who work in them we’re saying ‘Eat Out to Help Out’. So for the month of August we will give you a 50% reduction, up to £10 per head, on sit-down meals and non-alcoholic drinks Monday-Wednesday. #PlanForJobs