Evaluation Of Gordon Brown?s Budget Essay, Research Paper

`Firstly the main points that were

in the budget were: 1. Pensioners over 75 to get free

TV licence from next autumn 2. Automatic 6 per cent rise in

fuel tax escalator scrapped by ?year on year? descisions, all extra money to be ring-fenced

for transport spending. 3. £100 pensioners winter allowance

to be made annual. 4. All cigarette duty rises to be

spent on the NHS. 5. Attack on tobacco smuggling-all

packs to be marked to show duty paid.?????????????????? 6. New Deal for the young unemployed

to be extended to over twenty fives. 7. Task force to tackle benefit

fraud and unpaid taxes. 8. All-employee share ownership

scheme to encourage workers to take a strain in their companies. 9.Cuts in capital gains for

long-term tax investors.???????? Firstly

point 1, The chancellor announced that any pensioner over the age of 75, in

permanent residence would receive a free television licence from next autumn.

Although the state pension for all 10 million elderly will go up by 75 pence.