Budget 2012: Follow LIVE on IFAonline

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IFAonline today brings you LIVE coverage of all the measures in what some observers are dubbing a "Budget for the rich".

Log on to IFAonline from 12.30pm as we bring you measure-by-measure coverage as Chancellor George Osborne makes his statement to the House of Commons. From 3pm, you can also follow our LIVE studio analysis of all of today's announcements. So, what will Osborne announce today? Well, in what may be the most-leaked Budget in history, the Chancellor will reduce one tax - the 50p income tax rate - and replace it with a myriad of other taxes on the rich. The top rate of tax will be reduced to 45p from April next year (although the BBC's Robert Peston has questioned the purpose of a de...

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