Budget 2021 by Alan Leonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup How the budget links to macroeconomics en-us 2021-03-04 13:26:57 UTC 2025-10-25 23:26:49 UTC hello@padlet.com Furlough to be extended until the end of September alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268857347 2021-03-04 13:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268857347 £20 weekly uplift in Universal Credit worth £1,000 a year to be extended for another six months alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268860281 and Working Tax Credit claimants will get £500 one-off payment]]> 2021-03-04 13:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268860281 Minimum wage to increase: alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268863138
  • Aged 23 or over - £8.91 an hour
  • Aged 21-22 - £8.36 an hour
  • Aged 18-20 - £6.56 an hour
  • Aged 16-17 - £4.62 an hour
  • Apprentice - £4.30 an hour

    • ]]>     2021-03-04 13:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268863138     UK economy shrank by 10% in 2020Economy forecast to rebound in 2021, with predicted annual growth of 4% this year alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268868778 2021-03-04 13:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268868778 Economy forecast to return to pre-Covid levels by middle of 2022, with growth of 7.3% next year alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268869839 2021-03-04 13:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268869839 700,000 people have lost their jobs since pandemic began alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268871029 2021-03-04 13:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268871029 Unemployment expected to peak at 6.5% next year, lower than 11.9% previously predicted alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268871786 2021-03-04 13:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268871786 UK to borrow a peacetime record of £355bn this year. Borrowing to total £234bn in 2021-22 alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268873023 2021-03-04 13:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268873023 Tax-free personal allowance & higher rate income tax thresholds frozen to 2026 alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268877215 2021-03-04 13:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268877215 Corporation tax on company profits above £250,000 to rise from 19% to 25% in April 2023 alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268881809 2021-03-04 13:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268881809 £1.65bn to support the UK's vaccination rollout and £50m to boost the UK's vaccine testing capability alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268885124 2021-03-04 13:39:49 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268885124 Nearly £400m to help arts venues in England alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268886800 2021-03-04 13:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268886800 Tax breaks for firms to "unlock" £20bn worth of business investment alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268889094 Firms will be able "deduct" investment costs from tax bills, reducing taxable profits by 130%

    ]]>     2021-03-04 13:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268889094     Incentives for firms to take on apprentices alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268892705 2021-03-04 13:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268892705 Contactless payment limit will rise to £100 alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268894321 2021-03-04 13:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268894321 New UK Infrastructure Bank to be set up in Leeds alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268896190 It will have £12bn in capital, with aim of funding £40bn worth of public and private projects

    ]]>     2021-03-04 13:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268896190     £1bn fund to promote regeneration in a further 45 English towns alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268899489 2021-03-04 13:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1268899489 Tax-free personal allowance & higher rate income tax thresholds frozen to 2026 alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1269866087 2021-03-04 16:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1269866087 £1bn fund to promote regeneration in a further 45 English towns alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1269894624 2021-03-04 16:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1269894624 £1.65bn to support the UK's vaccination rollout and £50m to boost the UK's vaccine testing capability alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1269903785 2021-03-04 16:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1269903785 Tax breaks for firms to "unlock" £20bn worth of business investment alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1269910758 Firms will be able "deduct" investment costs from tax bills, reducing taxable profits by 130%

    ]]>     2021-03-04 16:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1269910758     Corporation tax on company profits above £250,000 to rise from 19% to 25% in April 2023 alanleonard https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1269958163 2021-03-04 16:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alanleonard/qyy9f6rf33a1ylup/wish/1269958163