http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17372581#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the Budget 2012 section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:47:52 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17372581#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 More and more people on "relatively modest salaries" are being dragged into becoming higher-rate taxpayers, Budget analysis suggests. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17475709#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17475709 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:04:20 GMT The government defend plans in the Budget to change tax allowances for the elderly, amid claims they amount to a raid on pensioners' incomes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17469252#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17469252 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:31:29 GMT George Osborne cuts the 50p top rate and the amount of income tax millions of lower earners pay - but pensioners face a future hit from the Budget. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17450719#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17450719 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:53:49 GMT An at-a-glance summary of the main points of the 2012 Budget as delivered by Chancellor George Osborne on 21 March 2012. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17449501#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17449501 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:52:44 GMT Labour leader Ed Miliband says the Budget has "failed the test" of giving priority to millions of hard-pressed families. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17461083#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17461083 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:46:20 GMT Business Secretary Vince Cable says cutting the top income tax rate would not have been his Budget "priority". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17466887#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17466887 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:40:05 GMT Properties sold for more than £2m will be subject to a new 7% stamp duty charge, Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17462774#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17462774 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:44:59 GMT The UK economy will grow more quickly this year than previously forecast, Chancellor George Osborne says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17459466#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17459466 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:23:32 GMT Government plans to withdraw child benefit from parents who earn higher levels of income have been altered. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17459856#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17459856 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:00:34 GMT George Osborne said the Budget "unashamedly backs business", but the reaction of the business community is mixed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17460262#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17460262 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:34:38 GMT The chancellor has announced tax breaks for the games industry, a move welcomed by the industry. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17464478#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17464478 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:04:06 GMT Charities say big donors will be discouraged by a tax relief cap introduced in the 2012 Budget. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17458362#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17458362 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:28:04 GMT Chancellor George Osborne says a planned rise in fuel duty will go ahead as planned. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17458423#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17458423 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:51:15 GMT Smokers will pay substantially more for a pack of cigarettes and the duty on alcohol will rise 2% above the rate of inflation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17464095#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17464095 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:01:45 GMT Ten cities have been chosen to benefit from super-fast broadband with 10 smaller ones to come, the chancellor announces. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17457975#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17457975 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:23:31 GMT The chancellor has failed to use the Budget to promote policies that benefit children and young people, teachers' unions complain. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17444700#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17444700 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:57:06 GMT Chancellor George Osborne announces a tax credit scheme for animators and TV production firms in the UK during the Budget for 2012. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17461121#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17461121 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:08:52 GMT The UK government borrowed almost twice as much as expected in February, official figures show. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17456646#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17456646 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:20:04 GMT UK unemployment has risen by 28,000 to 2.67 million, according to latest figures, which the government says show signs of "stabilising". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17364461#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17364461 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:46:03 GMT The Fitch credit ratings agency has joined Moody's and put the UK's top AAA rating on "negative outlook". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17375585#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17375585 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:26:58 GMT Some of the UK's most deprived areas hold the potential for the best economic growth, research for the BBC suggests. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17397679#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17397679 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 02:10:08 GMT Huw Edwards highlights the headline announcements of George Osborne's 2012 Budget with changes to tax rates and spending plans. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17460451#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17460451 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:23:57 GMT The chancellor pledged a simpler tax system as he opened his 2012 Budget promising to reward work, support working families and "unashamedly back business". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17460452#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17460452 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:02:28 GMT The Chancellor has told the House of Commons that child benefit will only be withdrawn when someone in the household has an income of more than £50,000. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17461245#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17461245 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:06:57 GMT The BBC's Danny Savage spent the day in Northallerton in North Yorkshire, where he canvassed opinion on the 2012 Budget. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17468631#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17468631 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:27:41 GMT The shadow chancellor of the Exchequer, Ed Balls says the government has "gambled" on the 2012 Budget http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17464920#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17464920 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:32:09 GMT The 50p top rate of income tax will be cut to 45p from April 2013, Chancellor George Osborne has announced. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17455373#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17455373 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:56:38 GMT The Chancellor George Osborne has announced a new stamp duty land tax rate of 7% on properties worth more than £2 million. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17460320#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17460320 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:00:59 GMT The union leader Mark Serwotka has called the Chancellor's 2012 Budget a "budget for the rich" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17464921#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17464921 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:17:18 GMT The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne has told the House of Commons that the OBR's overall assessment of the outlook and risks for the British economy is "broadly unchanged" since last November's report. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17461242#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17461242 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:56:31 GMT In his Budget, the Chancellor George Osborne announced new rates of Corporation Tax to help boost investment the UK. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17461244#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17461244 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:35:24 GMT BBC political editor Nick Robinson said the headline from the Budget would be over changes in tax allowances. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17462617#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17462617 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:16:40 GMT The BBC's economics editor examined where the chancellor was finding money to raise tax allowances in his Budget speech, while appearing not to make big changes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17462615#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17462615 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:29:23 GMT Robert Peston said the business community would see the Budget as "good news for them". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17462616#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17462616 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:13:01 GMT Former Labour chancellor Alistair Darling said the forecast level of growth was "miserable". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17465317#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17465317 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:46:22 GMT Campaigners claim pensioners could be worse off as a result of tax changes, but the government says they will not lose out because of changes elsewhere. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17465319#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17465319 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:39:49 GMT Business Secretary Vince Cable says he is ''content'' with the Budget as a whole, as George Osborne cuts the tax rate for earnings over £150,000, saying it raised "next to nothing". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17467381#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17467381 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:29:19 GMT The Daily Politics opened its own Budget box to see the kicking the chancellor got from the headlines in the morning newspapers for his 2012 Budget. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17477896#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17477896 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:56:13 GMT Adam Marshall from the British Chambers of Commerce said there was some good news in the Budget for the biggest - and smallest - firms, who would welcome the simplification of taxes and a cut in corporation tax. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17477194#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17477194 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:03:02 GMT Andrew Lilico from the Institute of Economic Affairs said it was a mistake for the chancellor to hide away changes affecting older people - but the real effect of the "granny tax" had been "very exaggerated". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17477452#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17477452 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:42:50 GMT The City AM editor said there was not enough to stimulate growth - or the right amount of tax and spending cuts - in Wednesday's Budget. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17477195#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17477195 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:59:11 GMT Flanders: The economic outlook is still bleak http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17465088#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17465088 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:18:33 GMT Easton: Who are the biggest Budget losers? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17461047#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17461047 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:00:32 GMT Nick Robinson on Osborne's big tax gamble http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17444677#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17444677 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:56:16 GMT Peston: Will business repay the chancellor? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17466635#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17466635 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:29:34 GMT http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12745752#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12745752 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15910678#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15910678 June Budget 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/business/2010/emergency_budget#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/business/2010/emergency_budget March Budget 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/business/2010/budget_2010#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/business/2010/budget_2010 Pre-Budget Report 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/business/2009/pre_budget_report_2009#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/business/2009/pre_budget_report_2009 Budget 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/business/2009/budget_2009/default.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/business/2009/budget_2009/default.stm How will the chancellor's Budget affect you? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17442946#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17442946 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:45:06 GMT Big changes to the tax system dominate the chancellor's Budget this year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17461472#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17461472 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:09:50 GMT How the Budget will affect small and medium-sized companies http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17473599#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17473599 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:30:33 GMT Why the 50p tax rate has not worked http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17465733#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17465733 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:03:26 GMT The Budget makes things both simple and complex http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17461479#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17461479 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:34:51 GMT The politics of Chancellor George Osborne's Budget. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17463747#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17463747 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:19:04 GMT Tracking the UK economy as the Budget looms http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17379243#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17379243 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:58:30 GMT George Osborne is one of the UK's youngest and most political chancellors. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17435455#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17435455 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:07:29 GMT ... to the Budget, from students at Newcastle School For Boys. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport/17352811 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport/17352811 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:10:35 GMT