Budget Day - Every little helps
Posted on March 21, 2007
Filed Under Budget |
In a budget which marks the longest period of growth since the Stone Age, Gordon Brown will today announce:
- A further reduction of civil servants
- Higher taxes for high emission cars such as SUVs
- Investment in new technology to tackle climate change - such as £600m for carbon capture and storage (CCS)
- Increased tax on fags and booze, and incentives to encourage people to give them up
- The privatisation of the Student Loan Company and greater investment in education, especially academies
- Lower corporation tax
Picture hat tip: Landfill
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