BBC News | In Depth | Pre-Budget Report 2003 | UK EditionVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.Sports clubs get new tax breaks- December 10, 2003 Gordon Brown congratulates England's rugby union World Cup winners, as he announces rates relief for amateur sport clubs.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/3307423.stm Business's guarded reaction- December 10, 2003 The CBI welcomes much of Gordon Brown's pre-Budget statement - but warns about the outlook for the UK's public finances.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/3306959.stm Taxes: Giving with one hand...- December 10, 2003 A leading accountant gives her verdict on the chancellor's pre-Budget report.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/3306473.stm Borrowing: The budget shortfall- December 10, 2003 Gordon Brown says that economic growth is on target, but warns that the budget deficit will be higher than expected.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/3306567.stm Q&A: Work-based childcare- December 10, 2003 New tax incentives for work-supported childcare have been announced in the pre-Budget report.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/3304795.stm Brown to slash business red tape- December 10, 2003 The Chancellor announces plans to cut red tape and widen existing tax breaks as part of an effort to foster an enterprise culture.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/3306887.stm Inflation: Changing targets- December 10, 2003 BBC economics analyst Stephen Coulter takes a look at thge new inflation target set for the Bank of England.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/3188470.stm New target for inflation fight- December 10, 2003 The Chancellor asks the Bank of England to measure inflation in a new way, and announces a lower target of 2%, instead of 2.5%.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/3306325.stm Q&A: Housing supply review- December 10, 2003 BBC News Online explains what Kate Barker's review into the causes of undersupply in the UK means.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/3305759.stm UK home supply way below demand- December 10, 2003 The UK is now so short of new houses that an extra 39,000 need to be built every year just to keep up with population growth, a key report says.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/3305457.stm |