2009 Pre-Budget Report Announcement Predictions

Alistair Darling will deliver his Pre-Budget report Wednesday 9 December. The main focus of the headlines will inevitably centre around the on-going war between the Government and the City, Inheritance Tax thresholds and Captial Gains Tax, but there will also be implications for the public sector.

Possible areas of interest include:
- Further details on the plans to reduce public spending
- Announcement of £2.5bn for training schemes & benefits to help reduce youth long term unemployment
- Reduction on upper limits of means tested benefits
- Possible taxation plan for child benefit but only for high income earners

The FT has summarised a number of expert predictions for the report content. Click here to read more

You can follow the latest announcements and possible implications live on the sites below:-

Links
HM Treasury PBR Microsite
Deloitte UKBudget Twitter Live Updates
HM Treasury Twitter site
BBC PBR Site