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Roll on 5 May: Brown budgets for the grey vote
The Budget and You
Elderly get £200 bonus as Brown plays 'winning ticket'
Stamp duty concession 'regionally divisive'
Increase in threshold designed to stem revolt
Action against poverty misses the poorest
Tax-free ISAs secured to boost saving
Incapacity claimants encouraged to go back to work
Smokers and drinkers escape harsh rises as Chancellor chases £2.5bn lost revenues
Transport measures 'fail to tackle pollution'
BA chief to advise on long-term priorities
Shoppers' duty-free limit rises to £1,000
Jet-setters will be able to spend, spend, spend
Case Study: The OAP
Case Study: First-time buyer
Case Study: Couple with children
Case Study: Company car driver
Public Spending
15 years of education planned for all
Cut-price films get tax breaks for another year
Crisis warning as forces get £400m boost
Memorial on the Mall for Queen Mother
National foundation takes aim at obesity epidemic
Case Study: Single Mother
The Economy
Sleight of hand fails to hide gaping holes in public purse
The good and the bad of Chancellor Brown
The Speech
Brown's vision is of Britain leading the world in science and education
Political Reaction
Tory leader attacks policy of 'vote now, pay later'
Review of single currency on hold
Analysis: Blair must keep Brown centre stage to keep initiative
How was it for you? From the Olympic champion to the union chief, the verdict on the Chancellor
Business
Bonanza from North Sea oil swells coffers
Capital gains loophole is closed
Red tape pledge greeted with scepticism
Private sector's £100m to boost innovation
Hampton Report: Regulators feel heat of efficiency drive
Morris Report: Public sector is urged to shop around for actuaries
Case Study: High net-worth individual
Comment
Jeremy Warner: The Chancellor took aim at the Tories, but it was business that found itself in the line of fire
Stephen Herring: Economic stability perhaps, but no clear vision for tax policy
Steve Richards: Gordon Brown is keeping his fingers crossed, but he will face a tough choice soon
Mark Steel: This taxing barrage of meaningless numbers
Deborah Orr: Capable Brown's political savvy rewards young and old, but what about the truly deserving?
Hamish McRae: Chancellor astutely mixes economics and politics, but the maths points to tax increases
John Rentoul: Testing Budget for an heir apparent - his caution was so cleverly judged, it was almost exhilirating
Michael Brown: Howard has chance to profit from this election stage-setter
Simon Carr: The new game at Westminster - 'See you, and raise you'
Leading article: A Budget to boost the prospects of the Labour Party - and the Chancellor
External link
HM Treasury Budget website
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