THE TELEGRAPH: Alistair Darling has used his pre-election Budget to announce billions of pounds of new taxes on the better off to help him pay off Labour’s huge Government deficits.
The Chancellor also set out pre-election sweeteners for key voters, including a stamp duty cut for first-time buyers, funded by a tax increase on buyers of £1 million houses. Budget 2010: Labour taxes the rich to pay for borrowing >>> James Kirkup, Political Correspondent | Wednesday, March 24, 2010
