THE Budget hits the owners of large cars and gives to small car owners, but there are more large cars than small ones so, really, the government is giving nothing.
Then there is the money they get from cigarettes. If people stopped smoking how would they get that back?
There has been no mention of council tax. Mine has gone from £500 to £636. Also the government doesn't have to borrow to help unemployed, etc, because it's the worker who pays.
H MOOREHEAD, Belvedere Road, Burnley.
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