It has been dubbed the 'Gherkin Budget' after Chancellor John Healey lopped a few pennies off the food shop, while spending billions on benefits.
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Healey → dub → benefits
Mr Healey also pushed taxes up to a record high and avoided making any tough decisions on increasing defence spending.
And voters have been withering in their criticism of Labour's feeble efforts to tackle the cost-of-living crisis – concluding Andy Burnham's government 'haven't got a clue'.
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government → push → clue
One disgruntled Brit told the Daily Mail: 'I don't think anyone in the Labour government is financially literate.'
Jeffery Runciman, 81, said the Prime Minister was 'just giving a load of giveaways to prepare for an election' – despite Mr Burnham yesterday promising to not call a snap election in the next 12 months.
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Burnham → tell → months
The Londoner joked: 'When they started off by saying congratulations to the previous chancellor, I thought, “oh, God, here we go”.
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we → joke → chancellor
'And then it was just a series of giveaways, seemingly, which can only mean one thing.
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which → mean → thing
I mean, they can't afford any giveaways, but they're doing it for one reason: An election, I think.
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I → mean → reason
I give up with it all.
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I → give → it
I don't think they've got a clue how to run the economy.
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they → think → economy
Reverse everything that Rachel Reeves did, and that might be a start.
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that → reverse → that
Chancellor John Healey holds up the traditional red ministerial box outside No 11 Downing Street before departing to the House of Commons to deliver the first budget
Jeffery Runciman, 81, said: 'I give up with it all.
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I → hold → it
I don't think they've got a clue how to run the economy.
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they → think → economy
Reverse everything that Rachel Reeves did, and that might be a start.'
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that → reverse → that
Joel Defries said: 'I don’t think any budget can give a massive difference with where we are at.
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we → say → where
What can you do in this situation?'
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you → do → situation
Alan Moffatt, 67, accused the Chancellor of neglecting to care for pensioners on the old State Pension system, who had missed out on previous financial support packages.
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who → accuse → packages
He was also worried that the £100 rebate to 20 million homes in council tax bands A to D to help offset soaring energy bills this winter would not go towards pensioners who are already getting £200 towards these bills.
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who → worry → bills
Mr Moffatt, from Merseyside, said: 'The first thing I did notice was that - I was born before 1951 so I’m on the "old pension", but people born after 1951 get some £60 more than me in pensions - and now they're getting a tax break.
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they → say → break
I have had to work to make up for the shorter pension that they’re getting and I won't get that tax break.
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I → have → break
I think Burnham could have increased the tax allowance back up to higher than it is at the moment, has been for, what, 5 years?
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it → think → years
But he has constraints.
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he → have → constraints
'He only has limited amounts of money.
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He → have → money
And I don't know whether £100 for the fuel bills this winter will take into account pensioners who are already getting £200.'
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who → know → 200
Alan Moffatt, 67, accused the Chancellor of neglecting to care for pensioners on the old State Pension system who had missed out on previous financial support packages
Akif Al-Hussain, a 31-year-old MNA Manager, said: 'In essence, this budget is not going to be a great idea.
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budget → accuse → essence
I don't think anyone in the Labour government is financially literate.
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anyone → think → government
'To be quite frank, the only financially literate person we have had is Rishi Sunak and that’s because he has a banking background.
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he → have → background
It helps.
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It → help → ?
He actually understood what the public needs.
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public → understand → what
Right now, socialism doesn't work.
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socialism → work → ?
It has to be a capitalist environment.
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It → have → ?
You know, how are these small savings going to help anyone?
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savings → know → anyone
People need their mortgage rates down, they need cost of living, stuff to go down.
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they → need → living
You're victimising those who want to do well and giving more tax to those who, some obviously need it, but some are abusing the benefit scheme.
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some → victimise → scheme
We need to find a way to reform it and make sure it goes to the people who deserve it and need it rather than those who abuse it.'
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who → need → it
Deborah Pearson, a retired professional from Newcastle, said: ‘It’s not going to make any difference to us at all.
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It → say → us
If you want to encourage enthusiasm for business and work and everything else that’s going on in this country then you’ve not just got to look at the area of the population that have been heavily subsidised for so long.
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that → want → population
They need to look at those in the middle, he’s ignoring the middle-of-the-road income people.
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he → need → people
We’re from the north east so we see the problems of the country.
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we → ’re → country
When they talk about boosting the north they completely forget about the Geordies, entirely.
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they → talk → Geordies
Nothing moves past the Manchester-Birmingham Midlands, which they insist is the North.
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they → move → Midlands
It’s not, it’s the Midlands, we’re the North.
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we → ’ → ?
…and 19 more, not listed.
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