So, what's in the PBR then?

[TheFaQQer]

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

I didn't count - I did tweet about it, in that every time it gets a mention, you know it's going to hurt!!

[Moscow Mule]

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.

According to a chap I know who works there, they are already doing this, except it's for 3 years...

[NickFitz]

Speech now on the Treasury site.

Possibly relevant:

• Time to Pay scheme to continue
• Increase in Corporation Tax for small businesses deferred

[TheFaQQer]

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

Fair / Fairness / Fairly - 13 times in the speech.

[Jaws]

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[TheFaQQer]

Speech now on the Treasury site.

Possibly relevant:

• Time to Pay scheme to continue
• Increase in Corporation Tax for small businesses deferred

Add

• Return to 17.5% VAT confirmed (some had said it might go higher, some stay the same)
• Change in NI - will raise £2.3Bn this year, £2.5Bn next

[NickFitz]

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

fair: 5
fairer: 3
fairness: 4
fairly: 1

HTH

[Moscow Mule]

Add

• Return to 17.5% VAT confirmed (some had said it might go higher, some stay the same)

Edited to remove complete tosh...

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/vat/start/sch...at-rate.htm#5a

[moorfield]

No doubt about it it's a sweetener for pensioners, mums, yoofs, crusties and the disenfranchised.

ie the core labour vote

Us contractors have got off lightly, but remember the real nasty stuff will come after the election if we vote this tripe back in and/or don't bother voting at all.

- One-off 50% tax on bank bonuses of more than £25,000

- Inheritance tax to be frozen at £325,000 until 2011

- Under-24s to be guaranteed work or training after six months out of work

- Basic state pension will rise by 2.5% in April 2010

- Child and disability benefit to rise by 1.5% in 2010

- Bingo duty to be cut from 22% to 20%

- Free school meals to an extra 500,000 low income families

[AtW]

No doubt about it it's a sweetener for pensioners

Free funerals apparently if you kick it before first month of pension is due...