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The Budget - 21 March 2007

  • Published: Thursday, 22 March 2007

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, made his Budget speech to the House of Commons today.

Cutting the basic rate of Income Tax from April 2008, an increase in vehicle excise duty for the most polluting cars and changes to Stamp Duty for zero carbon homes were amongst the changes announced in the speech.

The Budget 2007 in more detail

Along with the usual changes to alcohol and tobacco duty, the Chancellor also made provision for the environment and low carbon housing. Find out how this Budget will affect you.

Watch or read the Budget statement again

If you missed the live broadcast, you can watch video streams of the Budget speech or read the transcript.

Further information about the Budget

Full details of the Budget, including the detailed documentation, are also available.

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