| 词条 | 2008 United Kingdom budget | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| title = United Kingdom Budget | year = 2008 | country = United Kingdom | previous_budget = 2007 United Kingdom budget | previous_year = 2007 | next_budget = 2009 United Kingdom budget | next_year = 2009 | image = Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government).svg | imagesize = 250px | caption = | submitter = | submitted_to = | date_submitted = | presented = 12 March 2008 | passed = | parliament = 54th | party = Labour | chancellor = Alistair Darling | Total_Revenue = £575 billion‡[1] | Total_Expenditures = £618 billion‡[1] | spending = | tax_cut = | debt_payment = | surplus = | deficit = £43 billion‡ | debt = | bill = | bill_link = | url = Budget 2008 | below = ‡Numbers are projections. }} The 2008 United Kingdom Budget, officially known as Budget 2008: Stability and opportunity: building a strong, sustainable future, was formally delivered by Alistair Darling in the House of Commons on 12 March 2008. It was the first Budget to be delivered by Darling, who had been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer the previous June. Among the changes from the previous year were that taxes on alcohol, cigarettes and high-polluting cars would be increased.[3] Child Benefit would be raised to £20 a week from April 2009; winter fuel payments for pensioners would also be increased.[3] All long-term recipients of Incapacity Benefit would have to attend work capacity programmes from April 2010.[3] The growth of the national economy was expected to slow down to approximately 2% in 2008, down from 3% in the previous year.[2] DetailsTaxes{{Pie chart|value1 = 28 |label1 = Income Tax |value2 = 18 |label2 = National Insurance |value3 = 15 |label3 = Value Added Tax (VAT) |value4 = 9 |label4 = Corporate Tax |value5 = 7 |label5 = Excise duties |value6 = 4 |label6 = Council Tax |value7 = 4 |label7 = Business rates |value8 = 15 |label8 = Other }}
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Notes1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/bud08_chapter1.pdf |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120704151942/http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/bud08_chapter1.pdf |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2012-07-04 |publisher=HM Treasury |title=Budget 2008: Stability and opportunity: building a strong, sustainable future |accessdate=2012-02-28 }} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7291841.stm|publisher= BBC|title= At-a-glance: Budget key points |accessdate=2012-02-28 | date=12 March 2008}} External links{{wikinews|UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling releases 2008 budget}}
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