How did the newspapers react to George Osborne’s budget?
The cut in the top rate of tax and the increase to the Personal Allowance are making the early headlines, but expect the cut in age related allowances for pensioners to be big news once the full impact of the change has sunk in.
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Daily Mail
Daily Telegraph
‘Granny tax’ hits five million pensioners
End of 50p tax but 45p rate here to stay
George Osborne’s £3 billion pension raid helps pay for tax cuts
Taxpayers to be told how Government spends their tax
Guardian
Pensioners hit by loss of tax breaks
Motorists fume over fuel price increase
50p tax rate scrapped and allowance raised
The Independent
Good for footballers and City, bad for smokers and old
Ed Miliband condemns top rate tax cut
Daily Express
Millions £220 better off as work will pay
The Mirror
Budget bombshell: Tories mug OAPs and hand tax breaks to the rich
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