At-a-glance guide to today's main Budget points

Help with mortgages, 1p off a pint of beer and tough new action to catch Britain's tax cheats

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THESE are the main points of today's Budget, presented in the Commons by Chancellor George Osborne in "a very political speech from a man in a very tight economic straitjacket", as the BBC’s political editor Nick Robinson put it...

Income tax: The personal allowance before any tax has to be paid will be raised to £10,000 from 2014 – a year earlier than forecast. In the short term, it rises to £9,440 on 6 April as planned.

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