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.