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  1. Deloitte's full PBR analysis http://bit.ly/5GhD6A #PBR09
  2. Our Pre-Budget Report podcast is here http://bit.ly/5BFPzs #PBR09
  3. Interesting to see forecast for Stamp duty this year is up from £5 bn to £7.5bn - house sales are higher than expected #PBR09
  4. HMRC website struggling to cope - main page takes several minutes to load - is this a spending cut? #PBR09
  5. now spotted NIC bad news - rise will be 1% in 2011 - total cost £7 bn #PBR09
  6. Darling sits down 1.19 - 46 minutes only #PBR09
  7. Re-confirms 0.5% increase in NIC - employers, employees and self-employed from 2011 - lower limit rises to match personal allowance #pbr09
  8. cap public sector pay rises at 1% for two years from 2010 #PBR09
  9. by 2012 pension contribs for teachers, local govt will be capped #PBR09
  10. income tax rates and allowances unchanged - no word yet on NIC - but prob also unchanged #PBR09
  11. half extra revenues come from top 2% - those earning over £100,000 #PBR09
  12. freeze IHT allowance at £325,000 - in place of planned increase to £350,000 #PBR09
  13. pension tax relief cut for all with earnings over £130,000 including employer contribs #PBR09
  14. from today one-off levy of 50% on any bonus over £25,000 - charged to banks #PBR09
  15. last year banks in UK lost £80 bn #PBR09
  16. new 10% corporation tax on income from patents in the UK - great news to support key industries #PBR09
  17. Darling confirms £6 pa broadband tax - added to landline bills #PBR09
  18. Boiler scrappage scheme to help get rid of 125,000 old boilers!! #PBR09
  19. Net borrowing this year £178 bn - 12.6% of GDP; £176 bn next year - some had forecast £200 bn this year #PBR09
  20. UK economy contracts by 4.75% this year - but keeps forecast for 2010 at 1.5% #PBR09