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April 22 will be budget day
12 Feb 2009Gordon Brown has put back the Budget until April 22 as he considers plans to lift Britain out of recession.
The move gives him more time to assess Barack Obama's $800billion fiscal stimulus package for the US.
It also allows him to focus on two major global summits including the 2 April G20 meeting at which he hopes to forge international consensus on tackling the economic crisis.
It will be the latest Budget in a non-election year since 1945.
Reader views (5)
I'm disappointed. April 1st would have been MUCH more fitting.
- Marianne, SW France, 13/03/2009 12:40
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Tax,tax and more tax that will be how the government will get the public spending again, by taking your money off us all.
- Jim, Blackpool, 11/03/2009 15:00
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Me and my banker mates, more bonuses, you can all eat cake.
- Paul, bolton uk, 12/02/2009 21:36
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Hold onto your hats Taxpayers!!
- Denise, London UK, 12/02/2009 17:00
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The budget will be a joke whatever date he picks. Should have stuck to April 1st and shown he had a sense of humour, if nothing else.
- Marianne, SW France, 12/02/2009 16:04
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