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Monday, 6 January, 2003, 11:32 GMT

BUDGET2000

BUDGET SPENDING
Health billions top Budget
A £2bn increase in health spending tops Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown's fourth Budget.

Budget at a glance

Extra £1bn pledged for education

'Lifting pensioners out of poverty'

£285m for war against crime

Crusade to end child poverty

ANALYSIS
Understanding the Budget
Read the detailed analysis and comment from BBC News Online's team of experts: Roger Bootle, Lord Desai and John Whiting.

Analysis: Brown's Budget tightrope

Budget alienates business

Brown's Budget gamble

Brown's 'bountiful' Budget

PERSONAL SPENDING
Cigarettes up 25p a packet
Extra duty from cigarettes will be channelled into the NHS, but the tobacco industry warns of job losses and a rise in smuggling.

Drinkers raise glasses to Brown

Petrol up by 2p a litre

No change in personal taxes

Stamp duty rise hits house buyers

THE ECONOMY
Online boost for business
One million small businesses are promised help to go online and build Britain's "new economy".

No reprieve for dot.com workers

Shake-up for banking

Strong growth and more spending

Tax moves to encourage enterprise

REACTION
Budget: Full press round-up
The UK press passes its verdict on Gordon Brown's fourth Budget.

Brown the mugger, says Hague

Budget worries the City

UK.com plans welcomed

Heads 'delighted' at extra school cash

THE SPEECH
The chancellor's speech: part one
The full text of Chancellor Gordon Brown's Budget speech - the first of three parts.

The chancellor's speech: part two

The chancellor's speech: part three

Budget: Video on-demand


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