Emergency Budget 2010: Speech begins

News - Personal Tax

• 8 September 2010
  Decision to cut paper tax copies criticised as 'short-sighted'
• 7 September 2010
  PAYE mistakes highlight tax system 'complexity'
• 6 September 2010
  PAYE errors mean billions in under- and overpaid tax
• 6 September 2010
  Government confirms launch of NIC holiday scheme
• 6 September 2010
  Pre-Budget Report to be 'dropped'

News - VAT

• 6 September 2010
  Pre-Budget Report to be 'dropped'
• 2 September 2010
  Consumers overestimate VAT hike
• 20 August 2010
  Quicker if businesses correct their own VAT mistakes
• 16 August 2010
  Removal of ESC 3.29 for charitable buildings
• 13 August 2010
  Clarification of VAT rules on buying insurance

News - Business Tax

• 8 September 2010
  Decision to cut paper tax copies criticised as 'short-sighted'
• 7 September 2010
  PAYE mistakes highlight tax system 'complexity'
• 7 September 2010
  Companies warned over accounts errors
• 6 September 2010
  PAYE errors mean billions in under- and overpaid tax
• 6 September 2010
  Government confirms launch of NIC holiday scheme

News - PAYE

• 8 September 2010
  Decision to cut paper tax copies criticised as 'short-sighted'
• 7 September 2010
  Businesses should not have to administer pension reforms
• 7 September 2010
  PAYE mistakes highlight tax system 'complexity'
• 6 September 2010
  PAYE errors mean billions in under- and overpaid tax
• 6 September 2010
  Government confirms launch of NIC holiday scheme

News - Savings

• 7 September 2010
  Businesses should not have to administer pension reforms
• 6 September 2010
  Pre-Budget Report to be 'dropped'
• 3 September 2010
  New pension tax relief plans receive qualified support
• 31 August 2010
  Employers may cut benefits to accommodate auto-enrolment
• 26 August 2010
  Employers give backing to pension changes

Financial Crisis - Government Initiatives

• 8 September 2010
  Local enterprise partnerships must have weight to be effective
• 6 September 2010
  Government confirms launch of NIC holiday scheme
• 2 September 2010
  UK debt needs long-term fiscal reform
• 1 September 2010
  NIC tax holiday set to launch
• 23 August 2010
  State pension age could require 'significant' rise

Financial Crisis - Personal

• 1 September 2010
  Consumer confidence on the up
• 23 August 2010
  State pension age could require 'significant' rise
• 17 August 2010
  Savings accounts face ‘obsolescence’
• 13 August 2010
  Planned rise in state pension age ‘premature’
• 10 August 2010
  Pensions experts question inflation rate changes

Financial Crisis - The Economy

• 8 September 2010
  Local enterprise partnerships must have weight to be effective
• 2 September 2010
  UK debt needs long-term fiscal reform
• 1 September 2010
  Consumer confidence on the up
• 23 August 2010
  Decline in business confidence may dent recovery
• 20 August 2010
  Recovery gains credibility from latest figures

Financial Crisis - Banks - Lending & Saving

• 20 August 2010
  Small firms still struggling to secure lending
• 19 August 2010
  Undervalued security could be hitting business lending
• 17 August 2010
  Savings accounts face ‘obsolescence’
• 12 August 2010
  VAT rise likely to fuel inflation
• 10 August 2010
  Banks set out details on business lending taskforce

Financial Crisis - Effect on Small Business

• 8 September 2010
  Local enterprise partnerships must have weight to be effective
• 6 September 2010
  Government confirms launch of NIC holiday scheme
• 2 September 2010
  Consumers overestimate VAT hike
• 1 September 2010
  Consumer confidence on the up
• 1 September 2010
  NIC tax holiday set to launch

Spotlight - Credit Crunch

• 8 September 2010
  Local enterprise partnerships must have weight to be effective
• 6 September 2010
  Government confirms launch of NIC holiday scheme
• 2 September 2010
  UK debt needs long-term fiscal reform
• 2 September 2010
  Consumers overestimate VAT hike
• 1 September 2010
  Consumer confidence on the up

Financial Crisis - Savings - Pensions & Investments

• 23 August 2010
  State pension age could require 'significant' rise
• 17 August 2010
  Savings accounts face ‘obsolescence’
• 13 August 2010
  Planned rise in state pension age ‘premature’
• 10 August 2010
  Pensions experts question inflation rate changes
• 29 July 2010
  Savers not being told about interest rate changes

Spotlight - Government Announcements

• 8 September 2010
  Local enterprise partnerships must have weight to be effective
• 8 September 2010
  Decision to cut paper tax copies criticised as 'short-sighted'
• 7 September 2010
  Businesses should not have to administer pension reforms
• 6 September 2010
  PAYE errors mean billions in under- and overpaid tax
• 6 September 2010
  Government confirms launch of NIC holiday scheme