Spring Budget 2017 - Revision history

https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Spring_Budget_2017 Spring Budget 2017 - Revision history 2026-05-25T23:12:13Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.17.4 https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Spring_Budget_2017&diff=196765&oldid=prev Editor at 17:40, 3 March 2021 2021-03-03T17:40:40Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 17:40, 3 March 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 50:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 50:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Budget_2016|Budget 2016]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Budget_2016|Budget 2016]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Budget_2020|Budget 2020]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Budget_2020|Budget 2020]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* [[Budget_2021|Budget 2021]].</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Construction_industry_response_to_Budget_2016|Construction industry response to Budget 2016]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Construction_industry_response_to_Budget_2016|Construction industry response to Budget 2016]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Midlands_Engine_Strategy|Midlands Engine Strategy]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Midlands_Engine_Strategy|Midlands Engine Strategy]].</div></td></tr> </table>

Editor https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Spring_Budget_2017&diff=191201&oldid=prev Designing Buildings at 07:16, 25 January 2021 2021-01-25T07:16:00Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 07:16, 25 January 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 55:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 55:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Spring_statement_2019|Spring statement 2019]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Spring_statement_2019|Spring statement 2019]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Do_not_autolink</del>]] [[Category:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">News</del>]] [[Category:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">DCN_News</del>]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">DCN_Commentary</ins>]] [[Category:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">DCN_News</ins>]] [[Category:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">DCN_Policy]] [[Category:DCN_Report]] [[Category:Do_not_autolink]] [[Category:News</ins>]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Spring_Budget_2017&diff=156053&oldid=prev Designing Buildings at 14:20, 11 March 2020 2020-03-11T14:20:14Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 14:20, 11 March 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 49:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 49:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Autumn_Statement_2016|Autumn Statement 2016]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Autumn_Statement_2016|Autumn Statement 2016]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Budget_2016|Budget 2016]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Budget_2016|Budget 2016]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* [[Budget_2020|Budget 2020]].</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Construction_industry_response_to_Budget_2016|Construction industry response to Budget 2016]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Construction_industry_response_to_Budget_2016|Construction industry response to Budget 2016]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Midlands_Engine_Strategy|Midlands Engine Strategy]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Midlands_Engine_Strategy|Midlands Engine Strategy]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 54:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 55:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Spring_statement_2019|Spring statement 2019]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Spring_statement_2019|Spring statement 2019]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Do_not_autolink]] [[Category:News]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Do_not_autolink]] [[Category:News<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] [[Category:DCN_News</ins>]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Spring_Budget_2017&diff=130312&oldid=prev Designing Buildings at 07:46, 15 March 2019 2019-03-15T07:46:36Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 07:46, 15 March 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 45:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 45:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>FMB's Brian Berry said: “At a time when we need to do everything we can to ensure economic stability, this would have been a destabilising tax increase which would have hit large numbers of tradespeople on quite modest incomes... There is an important debate to be had about how we ensure an even playing field in the taxation of the self-employed and the directly employed. But we need to do that in a way that allows people to plan ahead and ensures the total package of tax and benefits is fair to the self-employed.”</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>FMB's Brian Berry said: “At a time when we need to do everything we can to ensure economic stability, this would have been a destabilising tax increase which would have hit large numbers of tradespeople on quite modest incomes... There is an important debate to be had about how we ensure an even playing field in the taxation of the self-employed and the directly employed. But we need to do that in a way that allows people to plan ahead and ensures the total package of tax and benefits is fair to the self-employed.”</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">= Find out more =</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>= Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki =</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==</del>= Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">==</del>=</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Autumn_Statement_2016|Autumn Statement 2016]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Autumn_Statement_2016|Autumn Statement 2016]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 53:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 51:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Construction_industry_response_to_Budget_2016|Construction industry response to Budget 2016]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Construction_industry_response_to_Budget_2016|Construction industry response to Budget 2016]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Midlands_Engine_Strategy|Midlands Engine Strategy]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Midlands_Engine_Strategy|Midlands Engine Strategy]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">_Spring_Statement_2018</del>|Spring Statement 2018]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Spring_Statement_2018</ins>|Spring Statement 2018<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]].</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* [[Spring_statement_2019|Spring statement 2019</ins>]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Do_not_autolink]] [[Category:News]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Do_not_autolink]] [[Category:News]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Spring_Budget_2017&diff=101173&oldid=prev Designing Buildings at 14:20, 13 March 2018 2018-03-13T14:20:14Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 14:20, 13 March 2018</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 53:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 53:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Construction_industry_response_to_Budget_2016|Construction industry response to Budget 2016]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Construction_industry_response_to_Budget_2016|Construction industry response to Budget 2016]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Midlands_Engine_Strategy|Midlands Engine Strategy]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Midlands_Engine_Strategy|Midlands Engine Strategy]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* [[_Spring_Statement_2018|Spring Statement 2018]].</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Do_not_autolink]] [[Category:News]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Do_not_autolink]] [[Category:News]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Spring_Budget_2017&diff=72807&oldid=prev 86.173.157.224 at 09:22, 17 March 2017 2017-03-17T09:22:04Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:22, 17 March 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 38:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 38:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>British Property Federation chief executive Melanie Leech said; “This was possibly one of the least eventful budgets in recent memory, and we are thankful for that. The government had nothing to prove after two months of white papers and strategies, and the real estate industry will welcome the stability the budget signals.”</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>British Property Federation chief executive Melanie Leech said; “This was possibly one of the least eventful budgets in recent memory, and we are thankful for that. The government had nothing to prove after two months of white papers and strategies, and the real estate industry will welcome the stability the budget signals.”</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Federation of Master Builders chief executive Brian Berry said; “Today’s budget was an all-round strong performance from the chancellor and he had good news to report right across the piece. However, increasing tax on the self-employed is not helpful. If we want to establish a resilient, Brexit-proof economy, we must encourage and support our current and future entrepreneurs in the construction industry and beyond.”</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Federation of Master Builders <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(FMB) </ins>chief executive Brian Berry said; “Today’s budget was an all-round strong performance from the chancellor and he had good news to report right across the piece. However, increasing tax on the self-employed is not helpful. If we want to establish a resilient, Brexit-proof economy, we must encourage and support our current and future entrepreneurs in the construction industry and beyond.”</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>-----</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>-----</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In a [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/mar/15/david-davis-gives-evidence-to-commons-brexit-committee-politics-live?page=with:block-58c9289ee4b0bd9dcee58e6e#block-58c9289ee4b0bd9dcee58e6e letter to MP's published in The Guardian] on 15 March 2017, the Chancellor subsequently scrapped the planned increase in national insurance for the self employed, saying: “It is very important both to me and to the Prime Minister that we are compliant not just with the letter, but also with the spirit, of the commitments that were made. In light of what has emerged as a clear view among colleagues and a significant section of the public, I have decided not to proceed…”</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In a [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/mar/15/david-davis-gives-evidence-to-commons-brexit-committee-politics-live?page=with:block-58c9289ee4b0bd9dcee58e6e#block-58c9289ee4b0bd9dcee58e6e letter to MP's published in The Guardian] on 15 March 2017, the Chancellor subsequently scrapped the planned increase in national insurance for the self employed, saying: “It is very important both to me and to the Prime Minister that we are compliant not just with the letter, but also with the spirit, of the commitments that were made. In light of what has emerged as a clear view among colleagues and a significant section of the public, I have decided not to proceed…”</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">FMB's Brian Berry said: “At a time when we need to do everything we can to ensure economic stability, this would have been a destabilising tax increase which would have hit large numbers of tradespeople on quite modest incomes... There is an important debate to be had about how we ensure an even playing field in the taxation of the self-employed and the directly employed. But we need to do that in a way that allows people to plan ahead and ensures the total package of tax and benefits is fair to the self-employed.”</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>= Find out more =</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>= Find out more =</div></td></tr> </table>

[IP address hidden] https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Spring_Budget_2017&diff=72722&oldid=prev 86.173.157.224 at 12:37, 16 March 2017 2017-03-16T12:37:02Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 12:37, 16 March 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[File:Spring_budget_2017.jpg|link=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spring-budget-2017-documents]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[File:Spring_budget_2017.jpg|link=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spring-budget-2017-documents]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In a slimmed down budget, with the main statement coming in the Autumn, the headline announcement related to an increase in National Insurance Contributions (NICs) for the self-employed. From 2018, Class 2 NICs will be abolished, and Class 4 NICs will rise to 10%, then to 11% in 2019. This reflects the fact that the differences in contributory benefit entitlement between the self-employed and employees are now smaller.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In a slimmed down budget, with the main statement coming in the Autumn, the headline announcement related to an increase in National Insurance Contributions (NICs) for the self-employed. From 2018, Class 2 NICs will be abolished, and Class 4 NICs will rise to 10%, then to 11% in 2019. This reflects the fact that the differences in contributory benefit entitlement between the self-employed and employees are now smaller<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. However, the change would affect nearly 100,000 construction workers</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In addition, the tax-free dividend allowance will be reduced from £5,000 to £2,000 from April 2018.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In addition, the tax-free dividend allowance will be reduced from £5,000 to £2,000 from April 2018.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The increase in NIC's was seen by some to conflict with a manifesto commitment not to raise NIC's, however, the government suggested that this commitment did not relate to Class 4 NIC's.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>There were only two specific mentions of construction, a reference to a positive contribution to growth in 2016, with output increasing by 1.5%, and a reference to VAT fraud in the provision of labour. The government says it will consult on options to combat missing trader VAT fraud, in particular, applying the reverse charge mechanism so the recipient accounts for VAT.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>There were only two specific mentions of construction, a reference to a positive contribution to growth in 2016, with output increasing by 1.5%, and a reference to VAT fraud in the provision of labour. The government says it will consult on options to combat missing trader VAT fraud, in particular, applying the reverse charge mechanism so the recipient accounts for VAT.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 37:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 39:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Federation of Master Builders chief executive Brian Berry said; “Today’s budget was an all-round strong performance from the chancellor and he had good news to report right across the piece. However, increasing tax on the self-employed is not helpful. If we want to establish a resilient, Brexit-proof economy, we must encourage and support our current and future entrepreneurs in the construction industry and beyond.”</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Federation of Master Builders chief executive Brian Berry said; “Today’s budget was an all-round strong performance from the chancellor and he had good news to report right across the piece. However, increasing tax on the self-employed is not helpful. If we want to establish a resilient, Brexit-proof economy, we must encourage and support our current and future entrepreneurs in the construction industry and beyond.”</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-----</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In a [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/mar/15/david-davis-gives-evidence-to-commons-brexit-committee-politics-live?page=with:block-58c9289ee4b0bd9dcee58e6e#block-58c9289ee4b0bd9dcee58e6e letter to MP's published in The Guardian] on 15 March 2017, the Chancellor subsequently scrapped the planned increase in national insurance for the self employed, saying: “It is very important both to me and to the Prime Minister that we are compliant not just with the letter, but also with the spirit, of the commitments that were made. In light of what has emerged as a clear view among colleagues and a significant section of the public, I have decided not to proceed…”</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>= Find out more =</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>= Find out more =</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 12:18, 9 March 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 45:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 45:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Budget_2016|Budget 2016]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Budget_2016|Budget 2016]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Construction_industry_response_to_Budget_2016|Construction industry response to Budget 2016]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Construction_industry_response_to_Budget_2016|Construction industry response to Budget 2016]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* [[Midlands_Engine_Strategy|Midlands Engine Strategy]].</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Do_not_autolink]] [[Category:News]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:Do_not_autolink]] [[Category:News]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Spring_Budget_2017&diff=72011&oldid=prev Designing Buildings at 09:12, 9 March 2017 2017-03-09T09:12:28Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:12, 9 March 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 34:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 34:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>BSRIA Chief Executive, Julia Evans said; &quot;This Budget is a ground-breaking one for skills which is welcomed by BSRIA. There has never been a more critical time for the UK to be able to sit at the worldwide ‘top table’ of technical education for young people. BSRIA is especially pleased to learn that £300m has been earmarked to support 1,000 new PhD places and fellowships in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects.&quot;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>BSRIA Chief Executive, Julia Evans said; &quot;This Budget is a ground-breaking one for skills which is welcomed by BSRIA. There has never been a more critical time for the UK to be able to sit at the worldwide ‘top table’ of technical education for young people. BSRIA is especially pleased to learn that £300m has been earmarked to support 1,000 new PhD places and fellowships in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects.&quot;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Melanie Leech, chief executive of the </del>British Property Federation<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>said; “This was possibly one of the least eventful budgets in recent memory, and we are thankful for that. The government had nothing to prove after two months of white papers and strategies, and the real estate industry will welcome the stability the budget signals.”</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>British Property Federation <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">chief executive Melanie Leech </ins>said; “This was possibly one of the least eventful budgets in recent memory, and we are thankful for that. The government had nothing to prove after two months of white papers and strategies, and the real estate industry will welcome the stability the budget signals.”</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Brian Berry, chief executive of the </del>Federation of Master Builders<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, </del>said; “Today’s budget was an all-round strong performance from the chancellor and he had good news to report right across the piece. However, increasing tax on the self-employed is not helpful. If we want to establish a resilient, Brexit-proof economy, we must encourage and support our current and future entrepreneurs in the construction industry and beyond.”</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Federation of Master Builders <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">chief executive Brian Berry </ins>said; “Today’s budget was an all-round strong performance from the chancellor and he had good news to report right across the piece. However, increasing tax on the self-employed is not helpful. If we want to establish a resilient, Brexit-proof economy, we must encourage and support our current and future entrepreneurs in the construction industry and beyond.”</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>= Find out more =</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>= Find out more =</div></td></tr> </table>

Designing Buildings https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Spring_Budget_2017&diff=72010&oldid=prev Designing Buildings at 09:10, 9 March 2017 2017-03-09T09:10:48Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 09:10, 9 March 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 33:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 33:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>BSRIA Chief Executive, Julia Evans said; &quot;This Budget is a ground-breaking one for skills which is welcomed by BSRIA. There has never been a more critical time for the UK to be able to sit at the worldwide ‘top table’ of technical education for young people. BSRIA is especially pleased to learn that £300m has been earmarked to support 1,000 new PhD places and fellowships in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects.&quot;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>BSRIA Chief Executive, Julia Evans said; &quot;This Budget is a ground-breaking one for skills which is welcomed by BSRIA. There has never been a more critical time for the UK to be able to sit at the worldwide ‘top table’ of technical education for young people. BSRIA is especially pleased to learn that £300m has been earmarked to support 1,000 new PhD places and fellowships in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects.&quot;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Melanie Leech, chief executive of the British Property Federation, said; “This was possibly one of the least eventful budgets in recent memory, and we are thankful for that. The government had nothing to prove after two months of white papers and strategies, and the real estate industry will welcome the stability the budget signals.”</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Brian Berry, chief executive of the Federation of Master Builders, said; “Today’s budget was an all-round strong performance from the chancellor and he had good news to report right across the piece. However, increasing tax on the self-employed is not helpful. If we want to establish a resilient, Brexit-proof economy, we must encourage and support our current and future entrepreneurs in the construction industry and beyond.”</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>= Find out more =</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>= Find out more =</div></td></tr> </table>

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