St Albans' MP Anne Main 'pleased' with 2013 Budget

5:40pm Wednesday 20th March 2013 in News Photograph of the Author By Zoe Forsey, Senior Reporter

Anne Main MP 'pleased' with 2013 Budget Anne Main MP 'pleased' with 2013 Budget

St Albans’ MP has shown her support for George Osborne’s budget, which was announced earlier today.

Anne Main said: "I think there are many parts of this budget that will help people in St Albans.

"I have had representations from businesses and constituents who have pointed to the rising cost of fuel as a great burden on them."

Mr Osborne announced that the rise in fuel and beer duties that were planned for autumn have been scrapped.

Mrs Main said: "I am pleased that the Chancellor has once again cancelled a fuel duty increase that means families and businesses now benefit from petrol being 13 per cent cheaper than it would have been had the Chancellor not acted.

"Scrapping the beer duty escalator and reducing the beer duty by 1p is something I have long been calling for and I pay tribute to all the work CAMRA has done to secure this.

"This announcement is good news not only for pub goers, but also for dozens of pubs in St Albans.

"I met with CAMRA at the very end of last year and they impressed upon me the need for this change. I am pleased the Chancellor delivered this."

Mr Osborne also revealed that the new budget will cap reasonable care costs at £72,000.

Mrs Main said: "Capping reasonable care costs is something that many constituents have asked for and I totally agree that if you have saved all your life you should not have to sell your home to pay for your care.

"I am pleased that hard work and responsible saving is being rewarded with this change and I hope this will reassure many constituents who have been worrying about whether they can pass any of their lifetime’s hard work onto their children."

Comments(3)

Bobbio says...
2:44pm Thu 21 Mar 13

But it did not reduce the obnoxious Air Passenger Duty, which also affects many people from St Albans

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fight rates says...
5:17pm Thu 21 Mar 13

Also nothing for shop owners. Business rates/council tax for shops is up again for the 15th year in a row for many shop owners. Even though 60 shops have shut locally in the last year. The government has increased the burden on hard pressed shops once again.

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busbee says...
2:25pm Sat 23 Mar 13

I'm surprised our MP didn't pressurise the government to extend the small business rates exemption to the shops on the Holywell Hill, which are too highly rated to benefit. I say this because she used to live on the Hill. This exemption is a bit unfair because it benefits more firms in the North rather than the prosperous South East, but it does have the merit that the recession bites deeper there, so that's useful at the moment.

Extending the exemption would have helped business much more than cutting Corporation Tax, because few SMEs pay that tax. The government should avoid helping the big firms more than the little ones, because it's well known that small firms are more agile and quicker to take on extra staff.

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