Budget 2011 news


Budget ‘will take Britain in the wrong direction’

Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls says the Budget will hurt families and fuel prices will rise with VAT.


How will the Budget affect people in Shropshire?

Shropshire people from all walks of life consider how the Budget will affect  them.


Mixed reaction in Shropshire to fuel duty change

As pump prices reached a record of more than 140p a litre for diesel, the Chancellor’s scrapping of a rise in duty met with mixed reaction from two Shropshire motoring campaigners.


Shropshire finance experts hail Budget benefits

Finance experts in Shropshire said the budget announcements provided opportunities that Shropshire’s small business community ‘should not overlook’.

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