The Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled measures to benefit pensioners and savers in his penultimate Budget before the election. But he has warned Britain is still set to face years of austerity, despite improved economic forecasts.
A respected think tank has urged George Osborne to explain where the big cuts, pencilled in in yesterday's Budget will fall. The Institute for Fiscal Studies says that should be before the election. The Chancellor merely insisted future cuts would be no worse than those already achieved. Labour claimed he could only balance the books by increasing VAT or cutting NHS spending. An attempt by the Lib Dems to deliver an "alternative budget" ended in farce.
ITV News political correspondent Emily Morgan reports:
George Osborne says he is going to get £12 billion out of the welfare budget in the next parliament, but how? There are two possibilities...
The Government announced the halving of bingo tax to 10% in the Budget today in a move that could help struggling clubs across the country.
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