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I know we don't often agree @JonAshworth but surely we can both be happy about the £17.6 million to transform Leicester railway station announced today at #Budget2021?
Here's a graphic to celebrate the news - let me know if you want me to RT 🙂
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To support theatres, orchestras, museums & galleries the tax reliefs for all those sectors will – from today until April 2023 – be doubled.
We won’t return to the normal rate until 2024.
That’s a tax relief for culture worth almost a quarter of a billion pounds. #Budget2021
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The planned increase in fuel duty is also cancelled. #Budget2021
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I can confirm today that the planned increase in duty on spirits like Scotch Whisky, wine, cider and beer, will all, from midnight tonight, be cancelled.
That’s a tax cut worth £3bn. #Budget2021
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Watch #Budget2021 online at 12.30pm live after #PMQs.
We’ll also be streaming the Budget Press Conference later at 5pm.
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We’ll also tackle fraud in our COVID schemes, with £100m to set up a new Taxpayer Protection Taskforce of around 1,000 investigators. #Budget2021
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This Wednesday, in a Budget first, I will be taking questions from the public and the press straight after my statement.
Live from 5pm. #Budget2021
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🧰 The Budget will take place on 3 March 2021 and will deliver the next phase of our plan to support our recovery from coronavirus and protect jobs.
More: gov.uk/government/new… #Budget2021 #PlanForJobs
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By age thirty, people with poor numeracy skills are more than twice as likely to be unemployed as their peers.
So today we launch: Multiply.
Multiply is a £560m, three-year plan to improve basic maths skills and change people’s lives across the whole United Kingdom. #Budget2021
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Today, ahead of #Budget2021, I spoke to just some of the millions of people who've been impacted by coronavirus.
Tomorrow, our Budget will set out a three-part plan to protect the jobs and livelihoods of the British people.
Watch from 12.30pm.
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1/ We are cutting the Universal Credit Taper Rate not by 1%, not by 2% - but by 8%. From 63p to 55p.
Click to read the full thread 🧵 #Budget2021
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I can confirm today: the planned rise in fuel duty will be cancelled.
That’s a saving over the next five years of nearly £8bn.
After 12 consecutive years of frozen rates, the average car driver has now saved a total of £1,900. #Budget2021
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At #Budget2021 I promised to double the funding to help businesses take on new apprentices.
Today we deliver on that promise and businesses can now claim £3000 for each new apprentice they hire. It’s another important part of our #PlanForJobs.
More: gov.uk/government/new…
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Draught Relief will apply a new, lower rate of duty on draught beer and cider.
It will particularly benefit community pubs who do 75% of their trade on draught.
It’s not a freeze, it will cut duty by 5%. A long-term investment in British pubs of £100m a year. #Budget2021
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🇬🇧🌎 Today’s #Budget2021 delivers a great settlement that will:
✅ Boost our economic, security and development ties globally
✅ Help create a network of liberty around the world and challenge malign actors
✅ Deliver jobs, opportunities and security for the British people
