Top 1% of income tax payers now pay 27% of all income tax. #Budget2017

Sounds like aligning employed and self employed is on the cards #Budget2017

Chancellor says diff in NI treatment no longer justified by differences in benefits - looks like a big change may be on the way #Budget2017

Increase in class 4 NIC and abolition of class 2 - looks like this may be a step on along the road - one to watch for the future #Budget2017

Discrepancy on companies to be addressed - looks like changes to taxation of dividends - for director shareholders only? #Budget2017

Am I alone in preferring the old days when we read about the Budget in the papers the day after the budget not the day before? #Budget2017

Well speculation mounting now - are there any rabbits lurking under the dispatch box waiting to spring forth? #Budget2017

We're into what must be the second half of #Budget2017. Far fewer jokes now and the tone a bit downbeat. Will it pick up and end on a high?

Chancellor onto market failures and now productivity growth - language is quite technical in this Budget #Budget2017

Productivity challenge - now it is getting interesting #Budget2017

Support for STEM and disruptive technologies - looking to the future #Budget2017

mention of local productivity barriers is interesting - shows continuing focus on regions #Budget2017

Addressing the skills gap - part of plan to raise productivity - teaching and particularly technical skills #Budget2017

Chancellor hitting all the areas you would expect productivity growth infrastructure and education investment #Budget2017

Still no rabbits - the NIC reform may be a bunny though and grow into a rabbit later #Budget2017

Productivity improvement all round: actually suprisingly few tax changes in this Budget. Now if only they were all like that! #Budget2017