It really was the most anticipated Budget, I think, in decades. It was going to be a doom Budget, wasn’t it?
We were given so much bad news and spin. I was there watching it myself for the first time.
I have to say, I thought politically it was really quite cleverly constructed.
I thought everyone’s thinking was going to be a big rise in fuel duty. Didn’t happen.
Nigel Farage shared his views on the Budget
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The fact that they’re going to give half a billion towards potholes may, of itself, not be huge across the country, but a sensible thing to tell the public.
Lots of constant references to the money being given to Scotland, much to the absolute displeasure of the SNP.
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Clearly, Labour using the Budget to reinforce the gains they made recently there in the General Election.
Economically, I have to say I sat there thinking this is illiterate. These sums simply don’t add up.
The idea that the measures that she’s taken will bring in an extra £40billion a year in tax, I simply don’t believe it.
I think the most disappointing part of the whole thing was the projections for growth.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivered her Budget to the House of Commons this afternoonPA
Now, we’ve been told this was a Budget that was going to be all about growth. Well, it doesn’t look like it.
Even the OBR, their report today suggested that in three or four years’ time, growth will be a mere 1.5 per cent.
Given you have to counterbalance that with the rising population through immigration, I don’t think without budget deficits there will be any growth in the country whatsoever.