Jon Belinfante, 41

Job: Investment banker recently made redundant, looking to return to the City

Home: Owns a house in East Finchley

Status: Single, no children

Income: £60 a week unemployment benefit plus remains of £20,000 redundancy pay-off from start of last month. Previously earned a package worth about £80,000

Monthly outgoings: £1,500 including £350 mortgage.

"I've dramatically cut my overheads, going out far less and spending less on food while I look for a new job. I want the Government to stop screwing businesses to the wall with tax. If you eased the tax burden, businesses would survive and grow in the recession and I'd be more likely to get a job again. And the Government would reap the benefits in higher tax revenue.

"I'd rather Darling focused on the supply side to get this country moving again. There's no point throwing money at people when they may just save it. New Labour used to look like it was about freeing up business but now it's just reverted back to the old model of a big state and too much intervention, which doesn't work."

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