Political budget sets out election battle lines
Alistair Darling drew up the battlelines for the UK general election today with a highly political Budget that squeezed the better off while offering help to new homebuyers, the elderly and the young unemployed.
In his final parliamentary setpiece before the country goes to the polls, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said he was determined to ensure that those who had done well in the good years “should now pay their fair share of tax”.
