From SkyNews:

[The government will abolish the work capability
assessment for disabled people and
separate benefit entitlement from
an individual's ability to work.
The aim is to enable disabled people to seek work
without fear of losing their benefits.
A new programme called universal support will also
fund extra support for disabled people to find work.

A new apprenticeship, called a returnership,
will be created for those aged 50
and older wanting to return to work.
Mr Hunt said it will make existing skills
programmes more appealing for older workers
and focus on previous experience.

An extra £400m will increase mental health
and musculoskeletal workplace support
to stop people being forced to leave
work due to sickness.]

https://news.sky.com/story/budget-20...peech-12834167

Also, From SkyNews Site:

[As corporation tax on profits over £250,000
is due to rise from 19% to 25% in April,
businesses will be able to offset 100%
of UK investments against their profits
to bring down tax bills.
The OBR said it will increase business investment
by 3% for every year.
Mr Hunt announced the measure for the
next three years but intends to make
it permanent "as soon as we
can responsibly do so".

An "enhanced credit" has been introduced
for small and medium-sized businesses
if they spend 40% or more of their
total expenditure on research and development.
They can claim credit worth £27
for every £100 spent.

As expected, the government is extending
the energy price guarantee (EPG),
which keeps the average
household bill at £2,500 until the end
of June by capping
the unit price of electricity.
The typical bill was due to rise to
£3,000 from 1 April.
Under the EPG the government effectively
caps household costs and reimburses energy
companies for the difference between that,
and the cost of buying power on wholesale markets.

The energy rebate scheme - paid direct
to customers in six instalments of
£66 and £67 a month - has not been extended
and will end this month.

The so-called "prepayment premium", whereby
those using prepayment meters are charged
more for their gas and electricity,
will be scrapped from July, enabling four
million families to save £45 a year on their bills.

Investment zones

Twelve new investment zones or
"potential Canary Wharfs" will be
eligible for £80m in funding to boost
business there,
with at least one each in Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland.

The ones in England are: Greater Manchester,
West Midlands, North East, South Yorkshire,
West Yorkshire, East Midlands,
Teesside, and Liverpool.

There will also be £200m extra funding
for local regeneration projects.

other

An extra £200m a year - in addition to
the £500m already allocated - will be
made available to tackle "the curse" of potholes.

Public leisure centres and pools will share
a £63m fund to help with costs.

From next year medicines and technologies
approved by other trusted global regulators will
be eligible for "near automatic" sign-off.

defence

Defence spending will rise an extra £11bn
over the next five years.
The defence budget is currently about £50bn.

Up to £600m in tax relief on energy efficiency
measures has been announced for businesses,
in a bid to reduce energy use by 15%.

Nuclear power will be classed as
"environmentally sustainable" to
grow investment in the sector.

The government plans for a quarter
of electricity to be nuclear-powered by 2050.
To that end Great British Nuclear
has been created - with the aim
to "bring down costs and
provide opportunities across the
nuclear supply chain".]


https://news.sky.com/story/budget-20...peech-12834167

As usual at the time and on the surface, this looked a less contentious budget.

However once you look at the far off delays of implementation and dig deeper
It turns more to the nothing really for now and more sour .

Does anyone else find it somewhat hilarious when they proudly announce that they're saving people "£45 a year", "£150 a year" etc. on various things?

I mean come on, even rich Tories must know that's not worth mentioning? £3.75 a month :joker:. Come on.

I can’t believe that wet lettuce ever gets employed in the first place


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Both hilarious and annoying SB.

94 pence a week could keep you in bread, which is all anyone needs to survive, and the government are generously making it available

He loves the sound of his own voice its a hollow victory

Yes by then
Labour could be in Power.

10:38AM
Hunt went live on This Morning itv

You just know that he’s got a set of plastic dinosaurs in that case !!

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Yes he has,
been named a Clown.


The way he looks