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Monday, 6 January, 2003, 11:32 GMT
Health billions top Budget
A £2bn increase in health spending tops Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown's fourth Budget.
Understanding the Budget
Read the detailed analysis and comment from BBC News Online's team of experts: Roger Bootle, Lord Desai and John Whiting.
Cigarettes up 25p a packet
Extra duty from cigarettes will be channelled into the NHS, but the tobacco industry warns of job losses and a rise in smuggling.
Online boost for business
One million small businesses are promised help to go online and build Britain's "new economy".
The chancellor's speech: part one
The full text of Chancellor Gordon Brown's Budget speech - the first of three parts. |
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