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Pie chart of UK central government expenditure, 2009-10. The 2009 United Kingdom Budget, officially known as Budget 2009: Building Britain's Future, was formally delivered by Alistair Darling in the House of Commons on 22 April 2009. [1] It introduced new tax, spending and debt rises in a financial environment of rising unemployment and ...
The UK fiscal year ends on 5 April each year. The financial year ends on 31 March of each year. Thus, the UK budget for financial year 2021 runs from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 and is often referred to as 2021–22. Historically, the budget was usually released in March, less than one month before the beginning of the new fiscal year.
21 January – Statistics released by the Office for National Statistics show that the number of unemployed people in the UK has risen to more than 1.9 million, the highest level since late 1996. [24] 22 January – The Disasters Emergency Committee of UK charities launches its Gaza Crisis Appeal following the recent conflict in the region. The ...
The UK government has spent more than it has raised in taxation since financial year 2001–02, [3] creating a budget deficit and leading to growing debt interest payments. Average government spending per person is higher in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland than it is in England.
A car scrappage scheme was introduced in Germany on 13 February 1999 and then in France and Italy. Following a record fall in car sales in the UK and associated redundancies [9] accompanied by lobbying by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders on behalf of UK car manufacturers with support from [word missing?] [10] the UK scheme was introduced in the 2009 United Kingdom Budget on 22 ...
0–9. 1972 United Kingdom budget; 1978 United Kingdom budget; April 1979 United Kingdom budget; June 1979 United Kingdom budget; 1980 United Kingdom budget
8. Mental Health Education is the New Sex Education. According to the Hims survey, 26% of parents have educated their children about mental health (an equal percentage of moms and dads) but 90% ...
On 22 April 2009, the then Chancellor Alistair Darling announced in the 2009 Budget statement that starting in April 2010, those with annual incomes over £100,000 would see their Personal allowance reduced by £1 for every £2 earned over £100,000, until the Personal allowance was reduced to zero, which (in 2010–11) would occur at an income of £112,950.