The [#UK] government has touted a cut to National Insurance as one of the flagship policies in this gargantuan budget statement. However, the OBR (which is independent) has claimed that ordinary Britons will see little benefit as inflation and stagnant growth are set to last for the next few years
This along with the rest of the policies that promise tax cuts is said shall improve the lives of working people in the UK. However, various analysts have pointed out that the key benefactors are the richest 20% of households, who are set to gain half of the money spent on these tax cuts. Much hullabaloo is being made over this "sensible" budget, especially by the millionaire-backed media but it is clear: this budget is set to further enrich the rich and further impoverish the impoverished
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