Budget 2013: what do you want to hear?
This year's Budget is just a matter of days away. What do you think George Osborne should be doing to kickstart our economy?
On Wednesday, Chancellor George Osborne will deliver his fourth Budget speech and the stakes are once again very high.
Despite the economy spluttering and the cost of living rising faster than incomes, the chancellor seems determined to stick to ‘Plan A’ – spending cuts and tax increases.
As ever at Budget time, there have been calls from left, right and centre for the chancellor to look at different policies. From cutting VAT to scrapping a planned increase in fuel duty due in September to increasing the Cash ISA allowance, opposition parties, special interest groups and campaigners have offered a plethora of suggestions.
But what do you want from this year’s Budget? Where should the Chancellor focus his attentions to get the economy moving again?
Vote in our poll and let us know your thoughts in the Comments section below.
We’ll be previewing Budget 2013 on Tuesday and we’ll be bringing you live coverage of the chancellor’s speech on Wednesday from 12.30pm.
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I completely agree rgbos. We need to slash spending. Set a target of (say) 15% per year for five years off every department budget. At the end of five years each will be spending roughly half of today's figure. And no ring-fence for the NHS. Their budget is obscene.
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[i]Frankly, it is shocking that governments are even allowed to borrow money, and leave future governments and generations to pay the bill of today's voter-bribing spending. [/i] Only one thing to change there - it is NEVER future governments paying the bills, just future generations........
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I'd like to see an investment in infrastructure. The investment by the allies in Germany's infrastructure after WW2 is still being felt in Germany now (investment made to stop a decline in Germany which it was thought would lead to WW3). Investment in infrastructure is also investment in jobs, employed people pay taxes and also spend their wages, so money spent on infrastructure also helps the economy directly as well as indirectly.
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20 March 2013