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Saturday, 4 July 2009

These pages are an archive of the March 2008 Budget. Use the link below to visit Budget details for April 2009.

Find out in detail the Budget measures that will affect you when you shop, drive, pay tax and more

Detailed information is available from the Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs

Income Tax and National Insurance rates for the new tax year were announced following last October's Pre-Budget Report

Budget speeches have been taking place for over 100 years and have ranged in length from 45 minutes to almost five hours

Rates for tax credits and benefits from April 2008 were announced following last October's Pre-Budget Report

Recent Budgets and Pre-Budget Reports are available on Directgov

Recorded versions of the Budget 2008 speech are available in either Windows Media Player or Real Player format.

Details of this year's Budget