With the usual match Andy Burnham vs Kemi Badenoch & a side order of Ed Davey not on the menu today with the PM accompanying the King on his visit to the Caribbean, we’re instead treated to understudy’s day at PMQs.

1st Secretary of State: Louise Haigh

Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party: Alex Burghart

Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats: Daisy Cooper

What will the theme be with the leaders away? Will the style and topics change?

Once the dust has settled and the media have had a chance to wade through all the small print of the budget…

Was it the Hunt For Red October?

Is it well fare or unfair?

Will the defence spending be indefensible?

Let us know in the comments what you thought the highs and lows were for you.

In the end were you amazed, uninterested, underwhelmed or incited by the Chancellor's speech.

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Join us as we hit the highlights and share our delights or disappointments.

This week’s PMQs is the warmup to the main event - the budget.

Still what will come from the questions asked by the party leaders?

Which issues will they try this week, or which will they revisit in the hope that asking the same questions in slightly different ways week after week will eventually elicit a different response?

Join us as we take a look at the leaders’ questions and find out.

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