LIVE UPDATES: Budget 2013

The Chancellor George Osborne will today update the nation on the state of the economy and reveal how he intends to use cuts to Whitehall budgets to benefit the economy when he delivers his Budget speech.

Mr Osborne will stand before the House of Commons at 12.30pm to read out his 2013 statement, which many fear will paint a grim economic picture.

We’ll bring you the Budget as it happens with our live blog on our National News channel. There, a finance expert will tell you everything you need to know and will be available to answer your questions.