Today will be a chance to write all sorts of things about not very much. For example the Chancellor has raised the taxes on the rich (well he will charge more tax on those earning over £150,000 next year) and lots will be written about this. In global terms it does very little to help him balance his budget.
This year sees the removable of the married couples allowance for the younger pensioners (those under 75). Why? Because Gordon Brown decided that he could remove the allowance from younger marrieds because he was going to introduce child tax credits the following year, but he could not remove it from retired couples. The answer - to restrict the allowance to those born before 6 April 1935 - and that is 74 years ago this year.
You see, even I can find something to write about!
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