1997 BUDGET
NEWS RELEASE INDEX
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| HM TREASURY | |
| HMT 1 | Long Term Growth and Investment |
| HMT 2 | Welfare to Work (see also REV 1, DfEE 1 and DfEE 2) |
| HMT 3 | Delivering high quality Public Services |
| HMT 4 | Tax Measures to help the Environment (see also C&E 3) |
| HMT 5 | Charity Taxation Reviewed |
| HMT 6 | Budget Boost for Small Firms (see also REV 2, REV 3 and REV 8) |
| INLAND REVENUE | |
| REV 1 | Windfall Tax (see also HMT 2 and DfEE 1) |
| REV 2 | Companies and their shareholders: tax changes to promote investment by companies |
| REV 3 | Higher Capital Allowances for Small Businesses (see also HMT 6 and REV 8) |
| REV 4 | A new individual savings accounts |
| REV 5 | Tax Relief for Private Medical Insurance to be ended |
| REV 6 | Strengthening Tax Rules for Multinationals |
| REV 7 | Stopping tax leakage |
| REV 8 | Venture Capital Trusts and Enterprise Investment Schemes: Sharpening the focus (see also HMT 4 and REV 3) |
| REV 9 | Stamp duty |
| REV 10 | Mortgage Interest Relief: Restriction to 10 per cent |
| REV 11 | Tax relief for film production expenditure |
| REV 12 | Gilt Interest: gross payment made simple |
| CUSTOMS AND EXCISE | |
| C&E 1 | Helping the less well off to save energy (see also HMT 4 and C&E 3) |
| C&E 2 | Brown delivers promise on fuel VAT cut (see also C&E 1) |
| C&E 3 | Increases in fuel duties to help the environment (see also HMT 4) |
| C&E 4 | New drive to cut alcohol and tobacco fraud |
| C&E 5 | Tobacco - cigarettes up 19 pence a packet (see also C&E 4) |
| C&E 6 | VAT/IPT anti-avoidance - new measures (see also REV 7) |
| C&E 7 | All alcohol duties increased in line with inflation (see also C&E 4) |
| C&E 8 | VAT thresholds increased |
| OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS | |
| DfEE 1 | Blunkett offers a new deal for the young jobless (see also HMT 2 and REV 1) |
| DfEE 2 | Blunkett welcomes 2 billion Pound new deal for schools |
| DSS 1 | Harriet Harman announces a new deal for lone parents (see also HMT 2) |
| DSS 2 | Harriet Harman sets out changes within departmental spending plans |
| DETR 1 | Vehicle Excise Duty increased in line with inflation |
| DETR 2 | Chancellor releases new resources for housing |
| DETR 3 | Prescott welcomes extra money for schools |
| SO 1 | Donald Dewar announces extra cash for Government's key priority areas |
| WO 1 | Ron Davies welcomes extra cash for Government's key priority areas |
| NIO 1 | Mo Mowlam welcomes extra cash for Government's key priority areas |
| DH 1 | Dobson welcomes extra 1 billion pounds for NHS in England |
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