The Budget 2010: what it means for you
Alistair Darling's Budget was high on electioneering flim flam, but rather low on solid economic policies. So what was there in the Budget for the economy, for businesses and for you? Our experts investigate.
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(26 March 10)
For all his talk of "tough choices", Darling's Budget disappointed. Avoiding the most pressing issues of national debt and unemployment, opting instead for lots of "itsy bitsy" changes; this was a Budget of avoidance.
(26 March 10)
I've listened to a lot of Budgets over the last ten years. None have irritated me as much as this week's, says Merryn Somerset Webb.
(25 March 10)
Ruth Jackson picks out the one measure from the Budget that will really hit the average person's wallet - and that the Chancellor failed to mention: the freeze in personal income tax allowances. Here, she suggests how you can fight back and make the most of your other tax allowances.