Health services in Oxfordshire could receive an extra £10m following Chancellor Gordon Brown's latest Budget.
Chancellor Gordon Brown
NHS managers in the area predict they could pick up about one per cent of £1bn cash announced by the Chancellor. The money will be available by increasing National Insurance contributions by one per cent.
Other measures announced by Mr Brown include the halving of duty for small brewers - the equivalent of 14p off a pint.
There will be an increase of 6p on the price of a packet of cigarettes, but there will be a freeze on duty on beer, wine and spirits.
Mr Brown also announced a freeze on road tax and petrol duty.
He also announced that capital investment to schools would increase from £98,500 to £114,000 this year for an average secondary school, and from £33,750 to £39,300 this year for an average primary school. Decisions on how the money will be spent will be made by headteachers and the schools.
Small firms have been given a major boost with the introduction of a flat rate of VAT and the abolition of automatic fines for late payments imposed by Customs and Excise.
See tomorrow's Oxford Mail and tomorrow's thisisoxfordshire.co.uk for full coverage of this Budget.
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