I understand that it is in the region of £725 million. That is quite a large hole in what was presented in March—it seems a long time ago now—as a balanced Budget. That was one of the Chancellor’s key themes in his Budget speech. We now appear to be faced with something of an unbalanced Budget.
Finance Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Sheila Gilmore
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 2 July 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance Bill.
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