Editorial: March Budget will have little new cheer

However, discussion among industry officials suggests nothing could be further from the truth and it’s likely to be a dull affair, even though there are areas of personal wealth and finance which need to see tax limits raised simply to reopen key markets. Ahead of an election, it seems, the only changes we’re likely to be offered by Gordon Brown are technical tweaks and fiddling with existing rules along with grand gesture statements of the ‘great benefits’ the government already offers its taxpayers. The most obvious areas of finance where consumers could use some help is with stamp ...