what does everyone think of the budget? will the 1p reduction on fuel make any difference so many other costs are going up which were not covered

This is what our MP, Mark Reckless, had to say: “Last year the Chancellor in the Budget brought Britain back from the brink of bankruptcy and I am delighted that the Chancellor didn’t have to come back for more today.

Instead this year’s Budget sets out plans to back enterprise and get Britain making things again. By cutting fuel duty immediately and cutting income tax for millions the Chancellor has done what he can to help families now.

Constituents have written to me about 40p a mile approved mileage allowance not being sufficient to offset the cost of driving and I hope they will be pleased that the chancellor has listened and increased this to 45p per mile.

This Budget has put fuel into the tank of our economy.”

I thought that fuel would have been 5 or 6p dearer if they hadn't cut the duty? And didn't Ed Balls admit to the BBC that more people were better off?

5p to 6p dearer would not have been until January 2012. My point is that every year the price of petrol seems to increase at budget time even without the intervention of the chancellor (perhaps they think we will not notice amongst the usual increase). This time around it looks like the increase was aready in there so even a reduction just offset the difference, or at worse nobody would notice it had not come down because all the media has said it had.