Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called on the government to give the NHS's "Covid heroes" a bigger pay rise. It comes as it emerged the government is recommending a 1% increase for NHS staff in England next year.

Galliford Try returns to profitability and resumes the dividend. Pires Investment talks about their increase in exposure to digital assets. Vadim Alexandre discusses Allergy Therapeutics.

The UK's tax burden is to rise to its highest level since the 1960s, the Office for Budget Responsibility has said, after the chancellor set out plans to repair the nation's finances. Rishi Sunak used Wednesday's Budget to extend the furlough scheme and increase universal credit payments but taxes on large company profits will rise in 2023 and 1.3 million more people will start paying income tax.

John Meyer talks about: Bushveld Minerals, BlueJay Mining, Rainbow Rare Earths, Rambler Metals & Mining and Savannah Resources.

The chancellor will extend the furlough scheme until the end of September when he makes his Budget speech later. Some 600,000 more self-employed people will also be eligible for government help as access to grants is widened.

Glen Goodman author of, "The Crypto Trader", covers this week’s Bitcoin & other Crypto's with Potential.

Small businesses will be given help to boost their software and training under a Help to Grow scheme to be announced in Wednesday's budget. The £520m package, the Treasury said, was expected to form part of Chancellor Rishi Sunak's updated Plan for Jobs that he has placed at the heart of the government's COVID-19 support.

Shield Therapeutics talk about their recent £25m fundraise. Vast Resources discuss operations and the revised mining plan. Alan Green covers OnTheMarket, Bacanora Minerals & Lexington Gold.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget on Wednesday will be one of the most-closely watched in years, as the government grapples with the enormous economic costs of the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result of the pandemic, public sector net debt has risen by £316.4bn over the 10 months since last April to an all-time high of £2.1 trillion.

Paul Hill on Ilika, Avacta, Oncimmune, Equals, Escape Hunt, Grainger, OnTheMarket, Proactis, Lloyds & Aviva. Russ Mould on the market wobble, inflation & bond yields. Vadim Alexandre discusses: Shield Therapeutics & Diurnal