Tuesday, March 16, 1999 Published at 13:02 GMT
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Brown: UK to defy world downturn
Chancellor Gordon Brown tells the BBC his Budget platform for stable growth in the UK will enable the economy to withstand the threat posed by a shaky world economy. |
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Digesting the Budget
Chancellor Gordon Brown has defended his Budget from accusations it included gimmicks to win favourable headlines. |
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Politics v prudence
The BBC's Chris Giles looks at the Budget that put Gordon Brown back in the role of political fighter rather than simply a prudent chancellor. |
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The Tony and Gordon show
The prime minister and the chancellor teamed up for a radio phone-in to take questions on the Budget and what it is like being neighbours. |
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You give Budget thumbs down
Unwilling to be persuaded by the front pages, News Online readers criticise Gordon Brown's economic reforms. |
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Brown targets income tax
Chancellor Gordon Brown has cut a swathe through income tax bringing the basic rate down to 22p and introducing a 10p starting rate. |
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Where's the money coming from?
The government's headline tax cuts in the Budget have been funded by falls in spending and low key or pre-announced tax rises. |
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Millennium present for drinkers
Duties on alcohol have been frozen but smokers will pay an extra 17.5p on a packet of 20 cigarettes - neither the drinks nor the tobacco industries are happy. |
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Fuel rises by 6%
Petrol duty has risen by 6% above inflation, the road tax on small cars will fall by £55 from June and a number of measures have been introduced to encourage the use of "green" vehicles. |
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Benefitting families
Child benefit will not be taxed and family payments are to rise from next year, but mortgage tax relief and the married couple's alllowance face the axe. |
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NHS to get an extra £430m
An extra £430m is to be pumped into the NHS to improve accident and emergency departments around the country. |
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Winter warmer for elderly
The £20 annual winter allowance for the country's eight million elderly households, has been boosted to £100 per household. |
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Budget cash to fight crime
An extra £170m has been earmarked for crime prevention measures such as closed circuit television cameras. |
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10p chancellor's election bid
Gordon Brown has astonished MPs on all sides with a radical budget that cut taxes and set the government firmly on election footing.
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Brown's tax bombshell
A cut in the basic rate of income tax to its lowest level for 70 years surprised MPs. |
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Shares 'for all'
It will become much cheaper for employees to buy shares in their own companies - a move that could revolutionise share ownership. |
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Higher returns for pensioners
A new higher-rate savings bond will be offered to pensioners, while all UK investment offerings are to be published in league tables by financial regulators. |
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Help for older unemployed
Older workers are to benefit from a minimum income guarantee of £170 a week for a year if they return to work. |
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Company tax cut to all-time low
A raft of reforms to encourage enterprise, including cutting the corporation tax from 31% to 30% and incentives for small businesses, have been announced. |
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Business backs the Budget
Business leaders and trade unions welcome the decision to cut taxes, introduce a raft of new measures to promote enterprise and broaden share ownership. |
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