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Proceeding contribution from George Osborne (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 29 November 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Autumn Statement.

Autumn Statement

I would argue that we are not squeezing incomes. We have frozen fuel duty in January and taken measures to uprate non-working benefits in line with CPI, which is a very big increase, and pensioners are getting the largest ever increase in the basic state pension. However, we cannot afford the additional £110 on top of the uprating that we promised on the child tax credit.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
536 c824 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Business Development aid Borrowing Health and safety Energy Infrastructure Excise duties Fuels Government assistance Economic situation Forecasts National income Pre-school education Pay Workplace pensions Planning Public sector Public expenditure Mortgages Railways Loans Public finance Public sector debt Social security benefits State retirement pensions Schools Young people Transport Taxation Unemployment Science Economic recession Autumn statement Office for Budget Responsibility Bank levy
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