Budget 2008 Makes an Entrance

Well the Spring Budget has arrived and as ever the smokers and drinkers are hard hit, this year the spirit drinkers have been especially hit hard with a 55p increase per bottle.  Cigarettes are increasing by a not-too-shabby 11p a packet (making quite a dent in your finances if you smoke a packet or more each day).  The 14p a bottle increase on wine surprised almost as much as the increase in family allowance coming a year earlier than was anticipated. 

I’d love for someone to explain to me why there’s such a huge difference between the heating allowance afforded to those aged over 60 (increasing to £250), and those over 80 years (increasing to £400).  Do houses get more expensive to heat the older you get?  Or is it simply that many people aged 80 and over are in some form of institution and therefore their heating allowance from the government helps the overall financial picture of such places?

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