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This is a Budget that puts security first. It ensures economic security for working people by putting the public finances in order and setting out a bold plan for a more productive, balanced economy. It supports national security by investment in defence. It sets out bold reforms on tax and welfare, and introduces a National Living Wage so we move Britain from a low wage, high tax, high welfare economy to a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare economy. It delivers on the promises on which the government was elected.
This Budget sets
out the action the government will take to:
- Eliminate the deficit and run an overall surplus to start paying down debt, while increasing spending on defence and the NHS.
- Reward work and back aspiration, by introducing a new National Living Wage, cutting taxes so people can keep more of what they earn, and reforming the welfare system to make it more affordable and fair to the taxpayers who pay for it.
- Back business and make the economy more productive, by cutting corporation tax and increasing the permanent level of the Annual Investment Allowance, and by undertaking major reform of funding for skills and infrastructure to ensure higher standards of living for everyone in the UK .
- Secure a truly national recovery, by devolving powers and budgets to build a Northern Powerhouse, and create the right conditions for strong growth throughout the UK.
Here are the key announcements
made by George Osborne in the summer Budget (8 July):
From 2017, there will be a flat rate road tax of £140 for most cars, except in the first year when tax will remain linked to the CO2 emissions that cars produce. Electric cars won't pay any road tax at all and the most expensive cars will pay more.
References:
1. HM Treasury 2015, Summer Budget 2015, accessed 9 July 2015: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443232/50325_Summer_Budget_15_Web_Accessible.pdf
2. FT Adviser 2015, Summer Budget 2015: All the key announcements, accessed 9 July 2015: http://www.ftadviser.com/2015/07/08/pensions/personal-pensions/summer-budget-all-the-key-announcements-Kav7rhGXQS2fZ9psvrFVnI/article-2.html?ftar=true
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