Budget updates....
17 April 2002, 04:08 PM
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Beer from small breweries down 14p a pint from 28/4/02
17 April 2002, 04:09 PM
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Tax-free betting extended to bingo
Duty incentive for sulphur free fuel next year
17 April 2002, 04:15 PM
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Keep em coming Neil......
17 April 2002, 04:16 PM
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One for chelle's Sister
Working disabled single people guranteed £194
Working families tax credit extended to single people
Working disabled single people guranteed £194
Working single parents to be guaranteed £179
This is too much 'good news' - Waiting for the sting in the tail
17 April 2002, 04:17 PM
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Average pensioner's household £1,150 better off
Cool, thats another few pints of Black and Tan then Nan !
17 April 2002, 04:19 PM
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New tax reliefs for amateur sports clubs - £20m extra to improve sports clubs
Amateur remote control scooby racing anyone?
17 April 2002, 04:23 PM
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Good to hear about the disabled bit
I constantly worry about my sister's future, it is nice to know that if she does manage to secure her work experience as a permanent job then she will be better off
17 April 2002, 04:24 PM
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£180m for crime fighting
Guns and tazers all round then !
17 April 2002, 04:29 PM
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or just one really cool police space chopper!
17 April 2002, 04:29 PM
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I think it means 179.9 Million for Gatso's and safety camera vans and 100,000 for extra police officers, on the beat preventing car jackings, muggings and burglary
17 April 2002, 04:31 PM
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NI up 1%
17 April 2002, 04:31 PM
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close- the 100k is for marketing to sell us on the idea that cameras are good ideas!
17 April 2002, 04:31 PM
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Here we go.
1% increase on national insuarance unless a pensioner/disabled
17 April 2002, 04:32 PM
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17 April 2002, 04:33 PM
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Other taxes
Here we go
Freeze on beer/Wine
**** up by 6p a packet
17 April 2002, 04:34 PM
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ye haaaaa! IHT Nil Band is only up to £250K as an IHT consultant i still have a job! phewwwww!
17 April 2002, 04:34 PM
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Freeze on Fuel
Freeze on road tax
17 April 2002, 04:38 PM
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Done
Could have been worse I guess....
17 April 2002, 04:39 PM
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no way near as bad as predicted- as is always the case.
17 April 2002, 04:40 PM
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Except that NI is no longer limited to the first 30 odd K per year.
That's the average earner according to Mr PS Lewis stuffed
17 April 2002, 04:43 PM
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errr- i missed that? whats the upper limit now????
17 April 2002, 04:49 PM
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17 April 2002, 04:50 PM
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i think that upper earnings stays (bloody hope so!!!!!!!)
17 April 2002, 04:54 PM
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Someone here reckons the NI cap has now gone. Can anyone confirm?
17 April 2002, 04:55 PM
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if its gone thats HUGE- and i cant see it on sky or bbc web site- its up1% but no cap gone it seems
17 April 2002, 05:01 PM
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17 April 2002, 05:02 PM
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not unless he forgot to tell us! you never know!
17 April 2002, 05:11 PM
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I think the removal of the NI Ceiling applies to EMPLOYERS, not employees.
Mind you could be completley wrong....
17 April 2002, 05:12 PM
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have checked everywhere and nothing mentions employees- i cant belive this has happened and not been reported- this am it was the thing everyone was talking about so im sure they'd mention it if it happened.
17 April 2002, 05:18 PM
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Probably heard wrong then