Next month's increase in fuel duties will be staged. Fuel duty will rise by a penny in April, followed by a further 1p rise in October and the remainder in January.Read
* Nearly 4 million people have been helped off the unemployment claimant count in the last year alone, said the Chancellor, with this year 440,000 families benefiting from extra help through the tax credit system.Read
Chancellor Alistair Darling will have to cross picket lines today as civil servants stage their first ever Budget Day strike in a bitter row over redundancy pay.Read
Business and council leaders from across the West Midlands have set out a series of demands for Chancellor Alistair Darling as he prepares to present his make-or-break budget.Read
Tax experts have highlighted access to finance, stability and certainty in the tax system as the main concerns for Midlands enterprise in tomorrow’s Budget.Read
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