Chancellor Gordon Brown stood up to deliver his Pre-Budget Report at 3.31pm.
* Inflation on course to meet 2% target.
* Growth this year at 1.75%.
* Exports will rise by more than 5% next year and the year after.
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* Growth to rise to 2-2.5% next year and 2.75-3.25% in the following two years.
* Employment has risen by 330,000 over the past 12 months to 28.8 million, the highest in UK history.
* Headline rise in NHS pay to be in line with 2% target and total increase in education pay bill to be 2.8%, as part of the Government's effort to keep the lid on public sector pay.
* Reforms will help firms access research and development tax credits while a network of innovation centres will be created in each region.
* A scheme to train workers will be rolled out nationwide to include 50,000 firms and 300,000 employees.
* Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott to publish new planning guidelines to increase rate of house building.
* Local authorities to be obliged to accelerate planning consent and asked to bring forward brownfield sites for development.
* New legislation for Real Estate Investment Trusts to increase funding for new property developments.
* A consultation to be launched on proposals for a local planning gain supplement giving local councils a share in the profit made by landowners on areas gaining planning permission.
* Small businesses will be able to take advantage of more flexible VAT payments while a new film tax credit will be worth 16% to big budget productions and 20% to smaller films.
* #305 million will be made available in 2006 and #508 million in 2007 to help reduce the pressure on council tax.
* Current budget deficit to fall from #19 billion last year to #10 billion this year.
* Current Budget deficit predicted to fall to #4 billion next year, zero the following year and then to become a surplus of #7 billion, #11 billion and #13 billion in subsequent years.
* The Government's fiscal rule to be met in this cycle by more than #16 billion.
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* Total net borrowing will fall from #37 billion this year to #34 billion, #31 billion, then #26 billion, #23 billion and then #22 billion.
* Public investment will rise to #31 billion in 2007 and to #32 billion, #34 billion and #35 billion in the years after.
* An additional #135 million announced for security and counter-terrorism.
* An extra #580 million for the armed forces to cover operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and other additional commitments.
* New rules on repaying money wrongly awarded to families under the Tax Credits system will avoid hardship.
* Supplementary North Sea charge on energy companies increased from 10% to 20%.
* Capital allowances for the production of the most environmentally friendly bio-fuels is to be enhanced.
* A new partnership with Norway was announced to work on carbon capture and
storage.
* Freeze on petrol, diesel, and road fuel gas duties for this financial year, at a cost to the Treasury of #600 million.
* Further support will be given for clean coal.
* Extra funding was also announced for the carbon trust.
* Winter fuel payment to the elderly to be #200 this year and every year of this Parliament and #300 for the over-80s.
* Older people in England on the pensions credit will be given free installation of central heating while other pensioners receive #300 towards the cost.
* Those on the Pensions Credit will also receive free insulation while other pensioners receive #175 towards the cost.
* Unclaimed assets in bank and building society accounts to be used to improve youth and community facilities.
* Government to fund #100 million National Youth Community Service providing gap year opportunities and community service in every constituency.
* New National Sports Foundation to invest in facilities and #500,000 for each local authority over the coming two years to fund youth services.
The Chancellor sat down at 4.06pm.
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