Budget 2015

Live coverage as Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivers his annual Budget, the last before the General Election. he is due to start his speech at 12.30pm Wednesday, March 18.

3rd & 7 37yd

We are opening negotiations on the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon #Budget15 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAYeAvKWAAIt6q3.png

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:14:13 PM
Entrepreneurs relief to be tightened up #Budget2015

by MorningAccount via twitter retweeted by DavidAllenDA 3/18/2015 1:15:15 PM
Labour looking unhappy... surely they had an idea of what was coming?

by anne.pickles 3/18/2015 1:15:33 PM
The government is taking bold and immediate action to protect the future of North Sea industry #Budget15 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAYefjOXEAAan_o.png

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:16:19 PM
…make TV and film tax credits more generous, expand support for the video games industry and launch new tax credit for orchestras #Budget15

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:17:24 PM
He calls an agreement with Greater Manchester on an elected mayor "the most exciting development in civic leadership for a generation, adding: "We have now reached provisional agreement to allow Greater Manchester to keep 100% of the additional growth in local business rates as we build up the Northern Powerhouse."

by anne.pickles 3/18/2015 1:17:40 PM
Calm down Carlisle.... powerhouses don't stretch this far as a rule

by anne.pickles 3/18/2015 1:18:10 PM
Chancellor: We announce a consultation on how we can provide local newspapers with tax support #Budget15 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAYe7zxWMAEdKot.png

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:18:15 PM
Chancellor:…we’ll invest in what is known as the Internet of Things. #Budget15

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:18:22 PM
There will be new support available for postgraduate students #Budget15 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAYfBsXWYAA1nNB.png

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:18:39 PM
Chancellor: We’ll provide funding for WiFi in our public libraries #Budget15 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAYfQUfWAAARhpu.png

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:19:39 PM
Expanding broadband vouchers to many more cities #Budget15 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAYfUIIWEAALlP5.png

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:19:55 PM
Corporation tax will fall to 20% in April 2015 #Budget15 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAYfbYpWUAAUbJo.png

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:20:23 PM
Ultra fast broadband of at least 100mb/s promised across Britain #Budget2015

by David Allen via twitter 3/18/2015 1:20:25 PM
This April we’ll abolish National Insurance for employing under 21s. Next April we’ll abolish it for employing a young apprentice #Budget15

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:20:30 PM
Chancellor: I can confirm today that 1 million businesses have claimed our new Employment Allowance #Budget15 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAYfk2HWQAIZkmi.png

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:21:03 PM
Chancellor announces consultation on whether he can offer tax cuts to local newspapers

by anne.pickles 3/18/2015 1:21:23 PM
“Businesses large and small have asked for a major review of this tax - that’s what we’ve agreed” #Budget15 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAYfsUPWUAEjF9r.png

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:21:33 PM
Announcing the end of the annual tax return #Budget15 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAYf6_tW8AIjQJH.png

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:22:33 PM
TV and film tax credits are being made more generous, the video games industry is set for more support and a new tax credit for orchestras is to be introduced. "Britain is a cultural centre of the world and with these tax changes I'm determined it will centre that way," the chancellor says. He also has good news for the horse racing industry and says the government will look at ways to help the hard-pressed local newspaper world with tax relief.

by anne.pickles 3/18/2015 1:22:38 PM
Chancellor: We want to help families with simpler taxes – and with lower taxes too. #Budget15

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:23:04 PM
Annual tax return to be replaced by online version #Budget2015

by David Allen via twitter 3/18/2015 1:23:34 PM
Taking another penny off the pint, spirits and ciders cut by 2% and wine duty will be frozen #Budget15 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAYgS89WMAAcIdS.png

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:24:11 PM
NIC cut for self employed and partners as Class 2 NIC to be abolished #Budget2015

by ICAEW via twitter retweeted by DavidAllenDA 3/18/2015 1:24:40 PM
“Today I am cancelling the fuel duty increase scheduled for September” #Budget15 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAYgcORXEAAQbsM.png

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:24:55 PM
This is the longest duty freeze in over twenty years #Budget15 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAYgg2rW8AEqFdc.png

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:25:08 PM
Duty on spirits cut by 2 per cent. Wish I hadn't stocked up now....

by anne.pickles 3/18/2015 1:26:00 PM
The personal tax-free allowance will rise to £10,800 next year - and then to £11,000 the year after #Budget15 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAYg2ZxW8AA9ikr.png

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:26:38 PM
No change to tobacco duty....

by anne.pickles 3/18/2015 1:26:46 PM
The fuel duty increase scheduled for September is cancelled. The chancellor says it means the longest duty freeze in over 20 years and saves a family around £10 every time they fill up their car.

by anne.pickles 3/18/2015 1:27:20 PM
We will give five million pensioners access to their annuity. #Budget15

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:27:49 PM
Four million of the lowest paid taken out of the lowest rate of tax #Budget2015

by AAT via twitter retweeted by DavidAllenDA 3/18/2015 1:28:03 PM
beer duty is being cut for the third year in a row - another penny is coming off the pint. Cider duty comes down by 2%, as does the duty on Scotch whisky and other spirits. But wine duty is frozen. "More pubs saved, jobs created, families supported - and a penny off a pint for the third year in a row."

by anne.pickles 3/18/2015 1:28:57 PM
“We will introduce a radically more Flexible ISA” #Budget15 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAYhcduW8AIzYD0.png

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:29:14 PM
Flexible ISAs announced offering complete new freedom for savers #Budget2015

by David Allen via twitter 3/18/2015 1:29:38 PM
Personal tax free allowance is to go up to £10,800 next year and then £11,000 in the year after next - a tax cut for 27 million people, says the chancellor.

by anne.pickles 3/18/2015 1:30:07 PM
"We’re going to take two of our most successful policies and combine them creating the Help to Buy ISA" #Budget15 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAYhr-xWsAEKAsm.png

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:30:16 PM
Osborne says the threshold at which people pay the higher tax rate is rising above inflation, not just with it. "It will rise from £42,385 this year to £43,300 by 2017-18,"

by anne.pickles 3/18/2015 1:31:04 PM
More help for first time buyers - 25% top-up to help with deposits #Budget2015

by David Allen via twitter 3/18/2015 1:31:04 PM
From April next year the first £1,000 of the interest you earn on your savings will be completely tax-free #Budget15 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAYh34XXIAAOaii.png

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:31:04 PM
‘The deficit down. Growth up. Jobs up. Living standards on the rise. Britain on the rise.’ #Budget15

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:31:56 PM
Chancellor: This is the Budget for Britain. The Comeback Country. #Budget15

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:32:04 PM
From this autumn people will be able to take money out of their ISA account and put it back at the end of the year without losing any of their tax-free entitlement.

by anne.pickles 3/18/2015 1:32:09 PM
And the Chancellor has ended his speech.

by Ian, News & Star 3/18/2015 1:33:08 PM
#Budget2015 is now complete, keep posted for our expert summaries... "The Budget for Britain, the comeback country"

by David Allen via twitter 3/18/2015 1:33:40 PM
He's finished... by which I mean his speech is.

by anne.pickles 3/18/2015 1:34:05 PM
Download the #Budget15 document here - gov.uk/government/top… http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAYjlDWW4AAOh4b.jpg

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:38:31 PM
Here are some of the things we have announced at #Budget15 - gov.uk/government/new…

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:40:15 PM
Read Chancellor @George_Osborne's #Budget15 speech in full here - gov.uk/government/spe…

by HM Treasury via twitter 3/18/2015 1:41:21 PM