Budget 2002 - Diaries

BBC News Online watched the Budget with five members of the public.

Click below to find out more about their circumstances and their verdict on the Chancellor's Budget.

Single parent
Pensioner
Public sector worker
Hospital consultant
Student

Fran Creffield, single parent

Fran Creffield is 34 and lives in York. As a single parent, she has to juggle part-time work with the job of bringing up three children. She hopes Budget 2002 will bring more help for working parents.

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Len Barks, pensioner

Len Barks is hoping the chancellor can do more to look after pensioners. He's 68 and lives in a residential home at Great Crosby, on the outskirts of Liverpool.

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Tristan Ashby, public sector worker

Tristan Ashby is 30, and is office manager for the Retained Firefighters' Union. He wants to see improvements in the health service, but no increase in direct taxation.

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Dr Andrew Kitching, hospital consultant

Dr Andrew Kitching is a hospital consultant in Reading. He's hoping the government will allocate more money to the NHS and spend more on environmental friendly public transport.

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Clare Marie White, student

Clare Marie White is a student living in London. She wants the chancellor to reform the student loan system and recognise the debt problems many students face.

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