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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Wednesday 23rd March 2022
5. Subpostmasters who helped uncover the Post Office IT scandal but missed out on full compensation are to get payouts under a new government scheme.
The 555 workers won a landmark civil case against the Post Office in 2019, but saw most of their settlements swallowed up by legal fees will now get the same level of compensation as other subpostmasters who were wrongly convicted.
4. Fuel prices have stabilised for the first time this month after Russia's invasion of Ukraine caused a surge.
Average fuel prices slipped from record highs on Monday, with petrol at nearly £1.67 a litre and diesel at £1.79.
3. The US has agreed to ease Trump-era tariffs on UK steel and aluminium shipments, resolving an issue that had strained relations between the allies.
In exchange, the UK will suspend extra taxes it had put on US products such as bourbon and Levi's jeans.
2. P&O Ferries has said 800 redundant staff will be offered £36.5m in total - with around 40 getting more than £100,000 each.
The firm has also denied that it broke the law when it sacked the workers without warning last week.
1. Rishi Sunak will aim to show today that he is helping Britons through the worst cost-of-living squeeze in decades while keeping his powder dry for bigger tax cuts before the next election.
Sunak is due to give a budget update in parliament at around 1230 GMT and he will add to the support he gave households only last month, since when energy prices have been propelled even higher by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.