Even with everything else he has got to worry about – coronavirus spreading, stock markets collapsing, an impatient electorate, a controlling No 10 – Rishi Sunak will have a pressing matter to deal with tomorrow morning: how does he hold his red box up for the cameras, and what order do his ministers stand in? On budget day, whatever the background noise, these are the things that could count. Before the chancellor’s debut tomorrow I have been speaking to people who have been there before to explain how a budget is actually put together, and how to land it successfully on the big day. Even in trying circumstances. A special edition of the Red Box podcast features George Osborne (chancellor 2010-16), Norman Lamont (chancellor 1990-93),

Source: The Times March 10, 2020 09:00 UTC