The Budget

antijoke · 22 Jun 2010 at 12:50

Same here, been like it since the start.

Cosimo · 22 Jun 2010 at 12:51

Judgeneo said:
Good news about the euro

That was the only certainty.

anything I don't mind · 22 Jun 2010 at 12:51

Great we get to see how the government is going to spend the stolen tax payers money. What new ways will they think of wasting our money this time... Will they decide to steal more of our money to fund their wasteful projects... i believe so...

Cosimo · 22 Jun 2010 at 12:53

Merlin5 said:
Come on Osborne, stop waffling and tell us specifics.

He is, are you listening?

antijoke · 22 Jun 2010 at 12:54

25 minutes in, and nothing yet....

matthewhotdude · 22 Jun 2010 at 12:54

groen said:
Great we get to see how the government is going to spend the stolen tax payers money. What new ways will they think of wasting our money this time... Will they decide to steal more of our money to fund their wasteful projects... i believe so...

It's this governments first budget

Cosimo · 22 Jun 2010 at 12:55

Two year public sector pay freeze.

Cosimo · 22 Jun 2010 at 12:57

anticonscience said:
25 minutes in, and nothing yet....

There is, you must be deaf.

antijoke · 22 Jun 2010 at 12:58

I have no stream at work, only the text update via BBC. Which so far has stated nothing.

What sort of annual rise did public sector workers get?

nikebee · 22 Jun 2010 at 12:58

live bbc text and video feed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/politics/live_event/

FTM · 22 Jun 2010 at 13:00

simulatorman said:
Two year public sector pay freeze.

does that include this year? if not its a 3 year pay freeze as I didnt get anything this year to start with

anything I don't mind · 22 Jun 2010 at 13:02

thanks for the live feed

come on... how about some tax breaks for the 25000-38000 per annum earners... the people that fund this collectivist utopian nightmare

Ahleckz · 22 Jun 2010 at 13:03

FTM said:
does that include this year? if not its a 3 year pay freeze as I didnt get anything this year to start with

No. It was already frozen for a year.

krooton · 22 Jun 2010 at 13:03

groen said:
Great we get to see how the government is going to spend the stolen tax payers money. What new ways will they think of wasting our money this time... Will they decide to steal more of our money to fund their wasteful projects... i believe so...

All right, calm down V...

Cosimo · 22 Jun 2010 at 13:03

Child benefits frozen for 3 years.

meghatronic · 22 Jun 2010 at 13:04

So they're going to rape the benefit culture - good.

GravyMonster · 22 Jun 2010 at 13:04

A medical assessment will be applied to new disabilities living allowance claimants from 2013

FTM · 22 Jun 2010 at 13:06

child benfits should really be means tested, there must be thousands of people out there who dont need it

Ahleckz · 22 Jun 2010 at 13:07

Corporation Tax is falling a fair bit. That is great news to get companies to come here.
Small Companies' Tax rate is also being reduced to 20%.

We need private industry to kick start our economy, the public sector is totally incapable of doing this - Yet Labour wanted to increase, and thus drive companies away, these things? Psh!

Cosimo · 22 Jun 2010 at 13:07

1302: "We will expect lone parents to look for work when their first child goes to school," says Mr Osborne.