Philip Hammond tried to dish out some light relief in his Budget today by peppering his announcements with a string of jokes. The Chancellor - whose dry and nerdy demeanour has won him the nickname 'Spreadsheet Phil' - doled out a series of jokes in annual tax and spending review today. The Tory civil war, Nick Clegg's controversial new job at Facebook and his own rivalry with Number Ten were all pillories in his speech. Here are the jokes which the Cabinet minister kept MPs entertained with today - prompting laughter and groans from the MPs packed into the Commons.

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