So, what's in the PBR then?

[JonSmile]

Any more as in increase or any more as in Never pay anything again??

[TheFaQQer]

Apparently, no one earning under £20,000 will pay any more NI contributions.

Any more as in increase or any more as in Never pay anything again??

Sorry - I guess it should have said "any more in NI contributions". But I cribbed it of the Treasury Twitter feed, so maybe we can stop paying NI and tell them we were just following their announcements?

[TheFaQQer]

Osbourne should learn that "proposals" is pronounced "proposals" rather than "pro-posals"

Interesting, though, that Osbourne is essentially saying that banks shouldn't pay bonuses. There's a vote winner....

[AtW]

By then, there may be a chance to link bonus to success in the future? I guess that's the hope - introduce deferred bonuses linked to some degree of success.

Bonuses should be paid in shares only locked in for 5+ years, not allowed to get any money using them as collateral - only revenues via dividends, so if company overall does well then people who did the job get dividends and possibly sale of shares in 5 years.

99% of bankers would not like it.

[moorfield]

UK has "the most flexible labour market in Europe"

That's as maybe - but they are still going to tax us all to boggery.

[TheFaQQer]

Bonuses should be paid in shares only locked in for 5+ years, not allowed to get any money using them as collateral - only revenues via dividends, so if company overall does well then people who did the job get dividends and possibly sale of shares in 5 years.

99% of bankers would not like it.

I actually agree with you on this point - the only way you can give a reward for success is if you leave it long enough for that success to be measured.

[NickFitz]

Propaganda page is here http://prebudget.treasury.gov.uk/

Nice design
(UPDATE: Aah, it's started serving the stylesheets again; bye-bye, Times New Roman.)

Ooh, what's this in the source:

<!-- 
UNCOMMENT FOR RED "BUDGET" VERSION
<link rel="stylesheet" href="c/budget.css" media="screen,projection" type="text/css" />
-->

<!-- Might not need this --> 
<!--[if lt IE 7]>
<![endif]-->

<!-- ENCODE THE URLS PROPERLY
OR YOU WILL BREAK VALIDATION -->

[TheFaQQer]

Ooh - missed the U-turn on inheritance tax. Was meant to increase it to £350k but frozen at £325k. So for a married couple, that's a total of £650k of £700k allowance. Quite a big one when you think about it.

[conned tractor]

Nice design

Ooh, what's this in the source:

<!-- 
UNCOMMENT FOR RED "BUDGET" VERSION
<link rel="stylesheet" href="c/budget.css" media="screen,projection" type="text/css" />
-->

<!-- Might not need this --> 
<!--[if lt IE 7]>
<![endif]-->

<!-- ENCODE THE URLS PROPERLY
OR YOU WILL BREAK VALIDATION -->

have you broke it?

Service Unavailable

Edit: back up now.

[Andy2]

How many times have they used the word "fairness"
Has to be the most overused word by Labour