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Page last updated at 11:00 GMT, Wednesday, 8 July 2009 12:00 UK

Alistair Darling
Tax rise as UK debt hits record
Alistair Darling says the UK will have to borrow a record £175bn this year in a Budget which also introduces a new 50p tax rate.
At-a-glance: Budget 2009
Q&A: How changes affect you
Analysis: Election countdown
Your questions answered
Peston: Yikes!
Robinson: Tax politics
Flanders: Spending slowdown
Pound hit by Budget
Darling sets out Budget

Alistair Darling UK economy 'faces decade of pain'

Gordon Brown Tax rise 'not end of New Labour'
A thumbs-up The Budget's winners and losers

Alistair Darling Will the City come to Darling's rescue?
VIDEO REPORTS
David Cameron Cameron on Labour's 'utter mess'

Clegg on Budget 'mish-mash'
Car being scrapped How will the car scrap scheme work?

Budget 2009 speech in full

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Simon Taylor Big earners
High earners give their views on the budget plans
Budget word cloud Budget dissected
The real meaning of the Chancellor's words
Cash in hand Budget hole
What was left out of the Budget statement
Graphics Budget figures
The state of the UK economy after the Budget
Christine Ross Your questions
Our panel answers your questions on the Budget
Chancellor Alistair Darling New era
The countdown to the next election begins



Fingers tapping on calculator Budget calculator
Find out how the Budget will affect your finances

Chancellor's red case Budget documents
All the official documents from the 2009 Budget

BUDGET: KEY POINTS
50% tax rate for earnings over £150,000
Growth forecast revised down
Borrowing increased
£15bn 'efficiency savings'
£2bn help for young unemployed
£1bn to boost housing market
Car scrapping scheme
KEY NEWS STORIES

Budget as it happened
In quotes: Reaction to Budget
Papers moved over Darling
Pound hit as debt burden to soar
UK economy in a 'mess' - Cameron
Pensions blow for higher earners
Borrowing set to soar in slowdown
Isa allowance rising to £10,200
Firms get help with credit risks
Tax blow for holiday-home owners
SNP slams public spending cut
Wales faces £416m funding squeeze
Stormont 'to find £122m of cuts'
Car scrapping incentive announced
Pledge to reduce greenhouse gases
Health service facing 'hard slog'
Budget bail out for sixth forms
Government backs 2Mbps broadband
Meltdown losses of '$4 trillion'

HAVE YOUR SAY
Alistair Darling has delivered his second Budget speech What did you think of the Budget?

Barrie Lester and his partner Natalie The 'squeeze' families


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