The main bullet points from today's budget, as the Office for Budget Responsibility (O.B.R.) says inflation will drop to 2.9% by the end of the year. -

• On business taxation, there will be a new policy of "full expensing" for next three years, with intention to make it permanent
• Enhanced credit for small and medium-sized businesses that spend on R&D - a £1.8bn package of support
• Corporation tax up from 19% to 25%
• Pensions annual tax-free allowance upped by 50% from £40,000 to £60,000
• £1m lifetime allowance abolished on pensions savings
• Pilot of incentive payments of £600 for childminders who sign up to the profession, rising to £1,200 for those who join through an agency
• Funding boost to nurseries providing free childcare under the hours offer by £204m from this September rising to £288m next year
• Childcare costs paid upfront for parents who are moving into work or want to increase their hours. Maximum they can claim upped to £951 for one child and £1,630 for two children
• The government will change minimum staff-to-child ratios from 1:4 to 1:5 for two-year-olds in England but make it "optional"
• All schools in England to offer wrap-around care either side of the school day for children by September 2026.
• Energy Price Guarantee stays at £2,500 for next three months Pre-payment meter charges in line with comparable direct debit charges
• Fuel duty frozen for the next 12 months
• From 1 August, duty on draught products in pubs 11p lower than supermarkets
• 12 new investment zones confirmed - "12 potential Canary Wharfs". If chosen, areas will have access to £80m of support
• £200m invested in local regeneration projects across England £161m for regeneration projects in Mayoral Combined Authorities and the Greater London Authority
• £400m for new Levelling Up Partnerships in areas including Redcar and Cleveland, Blackburn, Oldham, Rochdale, Mansfield, South Tyneside, and Bassetlaw
• Second round of the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements, allocating £8.8bn over next five-year funding period
• Climate Change Agreement scheme extended for two years £20bn allocated for development of Carbon Capture Usage and Storage. This will support up to 50,000 jobs
• Subject to consultation, nuclear power to be classed as "environmentally sustainable" in green taxonomy "Great British Nuclear" to help nuclear provide one quarter of electricity by 2050.
• UK is launching the first competition for Small Modular Reactors £900m of funding to implement recommendations in independent review for an Exascale supercomputer
• Research and innovation programme of £2.5bn set out in quantum strategy
• Prize of £1m a year for 10 years to ground-breaking AI research - the Manchester Prize White paper to be published on disability benefits reform.
• Plans will abolish the Work Capability Assessment in Great Britain and separate benefit entitlement from an individual's ability to work
• Universal Support announced for England and Wales. This is a voluntary employment scheme for disabled people which will invest up to £4,000 to help get them into work
• £400m plan to increase availability of mental health and expand Individual Placement and Support scheme £11bn added to defence budget over five years - and nearly 2.25% of GDP by 2025. Aim to raise this to 2.5% as soon as possible
• £30m to increase support and housing for veterans £63m fund to keep public leisure centres and pools afloat Charities department to get cash injection of £100m £10m over two years to help voluntary sector with suicide prevention
• Potholes Fund boosted by £200m In Scotland, £8.6m of targeted funding for the Edinburgh Festivals and £1.5m funding to repair the Cloddach Bridge £20m for the Welsh government to restore the Holyhead Breakwater
• In Northern Ireland, £3m to extend the Tackling Paramilitarism Programme and up to £40m to extend further and higher education participation
• Mayors' financial autonomy boosted by agreeing multi-year single settlements for the West Midlands and the Greater Combined Manchester Authority at the next spending review 45% and 50% tax reliefs extended for theatres, orchestras and museums

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