New car sales could receive jump-start
12:39pm Thursday 23rd April 2009
THE region could reap the benefits of a scheme announced in the Budget that will mean motorists offered £2,000 towards a new car or van if they trade in their old vehicle for scrap.
Have your say »Hard act to follow
12:00pm Thursday 23rd April 2009
Political Editor Chris Lloyd watches the Chancellor of the Exchequer take some timid steps on a tightrope strung across a deep and dark abyss of debt.
Rich must pay more to rescue economy
10:07am Thursday 23rd April 2009
ALISTAIR DARLING drew the battlelines yesterday for the next election when he slapped a 50p tax rate on high earners – while admitting that Britain was in the deepest recession for 60 years.
The Budget In Brief
12:41pm Thursday 23rd April 2009
Chancellor Alistair Darling expects the economy to begin to grow again by the end of this year.
The Budget In Detail
12:45pm Thursday 23rd April 2009
Families PEOPLE who look after their grandchildren for 20 hours or more a week will have their National Insurance contributions paid as if they were working, which will enable them to receive a higher pension.
Concern at lack of decisive measures
12:49pm Thursday 23rd April 2009
BILLIONS of pounds could have been raised had the Chancellor taken decisive tax measures instead of gaining relatively little by penalising the richest segment of society, experts from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) said yesterday.
Tax the rich prelude to polling day
12:02pm Thursday 23rd April 2009
WHEN Chancellor Alistair Darling announced – last year – that he was slapping a 45p tax rate on the rich, many said that it spelt the death of New Labour.
Wind farm funds a 'fillip for the region'
12:53pm Thursday 23rd April 2009
A GOVERNMENT pledge of £525m for offshore wind projects is a “fillip” for the North- East, according to an academic.
‘Wishy-washy’ Budget verdict from region’s business chiefs
1:00pm Thursday 23rd April 2009
ALISTAIR DARLING’S efforts to help business in his “Budget for jobs” fell short, North-East business leaders said last night.
Cameron's headache
12:01pm Thursday 23rd April 2009
IN the face of the worst recession since the Second World War, it was never likely to be a Budget to set the pulses racing.
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