Budget at a Glance

Philip Hammond has delivered his second Budget as chancellor. Here are the key points of his speech.

Housing

Stamp duty to be abolished immediately for first-time buyers purchasing properties worth up to £300,000
In London and other expensive areas, the first £300,000 of the cost of a £500,000 purchase by first-time buyers will be exempt from stamp duty
80% of all first-time buyers will not pay stamp duty
Long-term goal to build 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s
£44bn in government support, including loan guarantees, to boost construction skills
100% council tax premium on empty properties
Compulsory purchase of land banked by developers for financial reasons
Review into delays in permitted developments going forward
£28m for Kensington and Chelsea council to provide counselling services and mental health support for victims of the Grenfell fire and for regeneration of surrounding area
New homelessness task force

Alcohol, tobacco, gambling and fuel

Tobacco will rise by 2% above Retail Price Index (RPI) inflation while the minimum excise duty on cigarettes introduced in March will also rise, as will duty on hand-rolled tobacco
Duty on beer, wine, spirits and most ciders will be frozen
But duty on high-strength "white ciders" to be increased via new legislation
Vehicle excise duty for diesel cars that do not meet latest standards to rise by one band in April 2018
Tax hike will not apply to van owners
Existing diesel supplement in company car tax to rise by 1%
Proceeds to fund a new £220m clean air fund
Fuel duty rise for petrol and diesel cars scheduled for April 2018 scrapped

Personal taxation

Tax-free personal allowance to rise to £11,850 in April 2018
Higher-rate tax threshold to increase to £46,350
Short-haul air passenger duty rates and long-haul economy rates to be frozen, paid for by an increase on premium-class tickets and on private jets

The state of the economy

Growth forecast for 2017 downgraded from 2% to 1.5%
GDP downgraded to 1.4%, 1.3% and 1.5% in subsequent years before rising to 1.6% in 2021-22
Productivity growth and business investment also revised down
Annual rate of CPI inflation forecast to fall from peak of 3% to 2% later this year
Another 600,000 people forecast to be in work by 2022

Brexit

£3bn to be set aside over next two years to prepare UK for every possible outcome as it leaves EU

Public borrowing/deficit/spending

Annual borrowing £49.9bn this year, £8.4bn lower than forecast in March
Borrowing forecast to fall in every subsequent year from £39.5bn in 2018-19 to £25.6bn in 2022-23
Public sector net borrowing forecast to fall from 3.8% of GDP last year to 2.4% this year, then 1.9%, 1.6%, 1.5% and 1.3% in subsequent years, reaching 1.1% in 2022-23.
Debt will peak at 86.5% of GDP this year, then fall to 86.4% next year; then 86.1%, 83.1% and 79.3% in subsequent years, reaching 79.1% in 2022-23.

Pensions, savings and welfare

£1.5bn package to "address concerns" about the delivery of universal credit
Seven-day initial waiting period for processing of claims to be scrapped
Claimants to get one month's payment within five days of applying
Repayment period for advances to increase from six to 12 months.
New universal credit claimants in receipt of housing benefit to continue to receive it for two weeks

Business

VAT threshold for small business to remain at £85,000 for two years
£500m for 5G mobile networks, fibre broadband and artificial intelligence
£540m to support the growth of electric cars, including more charging points
A further £2.3bn allocated for investment in research and development
Rises in business rates to be pegged to CPI measure of inflation, not RPI
Income tax to be applied from April 2019 on digital economy royalties relating to UK sales which are paid to a low-tax jurisdiction, raising about £200m a year

Education (England only)

£40m teacher training fund for underperforming schools in England. Worth £1,000 per teacher
8,000 new computer science teachers to be recruited at cost of £84m
Secondary schools and sixth-form colleges to get £600 for each new pupil taking maths or further maths at A-level at an expected cost of £177m

Nations/infrastructure/transport/regions/science

£320m to be invested in former Redcar steelworks site
Second devolution deal for the West Midlands
£1.7bn transport fund for city regions
£2bn for Scottish government, £1.2bn for Welsh government and £650m for Northern Ireland executive
Scottish police and fire services to get refunds on VAT from April 2018.

Health and social care

£2.8bn in extra funding for the NHS in England
£350m immediately to address pressures this winter, £1.6bn for 2018-19 and the remainder in 2019-20
£10bn capital investment fund for hospitals