Budget 2013: Live

This liveblog is now closed, but you can continue to review all the analysis of Budget day here. Or read Fraser Nelson's 'Six Scary Graphs' post on the worst recovery in history, or James Forsyth's political analysis of today's events.

18.30: This liveblog is now closing, but we'll keep you updated on all the details on Coffee House throughout the evening.

17.30: Ed Balls gave a briefing on the Budget details this afternoon in Parliament. He had some good soundbites on the beer duty escalator, but he was as keen to talk about a measure from last year's Budget - scrapping the 50p rate - as he was about anything else. Here are the details. 16.33 Our political editor James Forsyth says George Osborne will have been pleased by the cheers of his own side as he finished his speech. And as for the next few days of unwinding after the Budget, his money is on finding out how the government has managed to get the deficit down by £100 million.