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Last Updated: Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 15:07 GMT 16:07 UK
Gordon Brown delivering the Budget
Brown cuts UK growth hopes
Gordon Brown's Budget trims UK growth forecasts and lifts borrowing, while hitting smokers and drinkers.

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Economists pan Brown's Budget
Red tape cut for business
Freeze on stamp duty
Economy trips up Brown
UK anti-terror efforts get �330m
Sparkling budget for cider
Galleries given Budget boost
Elderly NHS 'charges' scrapped

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WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU

Q&A: How does it affect you?
What does the Budget mean for pay packets, pensioners and the price of a pint?

�500 for newborns
Brown tackles housing market
Workplace training boost
More cheer for work parties
ANALYSIS

Gordon Brown, the risk taker
After years of prudence, the Chancellor is taking a huge economic gamble.

An 'espresso' Budget
Few benefits for small businesses
Brown's Budget and the war
The chancellor's challenge
REACTION

Iain Duncan Smith Tory leader: Budget will 'pain' nation
Tories accuse Gordon Brown of inflicting higher taxes and higher borrowing on the nation

Lib Dem verdict on Budget
Business cheered by tax freezes
Brown's gamble worries City

'Boring' Budget
How a bland Budget hides Mr Brown's problems
Doug GoddenCBI speaks out
A business-friendly Budget with a few flies in the ointment
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