Darling has really got his head screwed on hasn’t he?! NOT!

He is trying to punish binge drinkers by putting the prices up on alcohol but forgets that he is also punishing sensible drinkers who don’t go out every Friday night just to get drunk and beat people up!

As for changes to savings… well he could have put the ISA allowance up a bit more so that it was actually in line with inflation and earnings!

At least he’s done something good by helping the millions living in fuel poverty.

what about the increase in road tax accross the board, you missed that one.

I just get increasingly fed up that people like me – married with no children and both earning – constantly get penalised. Regardless of whether it’s this budget, the last one or the next.

The other irritant is how councils tend to ’sell’ the fact that they’ve "only" put the council tax up by a small amount this year. What about the colossal increases we’ve had year on year! Controversial I know but I think the poll tax was a whole lot fairer.

Rich, he only put road tax up for the worst polluting cars. Car tax is gonna go down for the least polluting cars… yay!!

If the Top Gear team can ride across Africa in a car then why do people insist they need a 4×4 to drive through town?! I’m glad they are gonna pay the price for their unecessarily big cars.

The fuel duty increase is doing its bit to push people out of their cars and onto bicycles – ok if you live close to work!

I got my new council tax bill through the other day – it had gone up across the board by 5%.

Is there anyway that normal tax payers – like myself – can do something about these inflationary prices? It seems to me that it doesn’t matter how you vote, each subsequent government will push up prices.

When do we get to vote for how much we are prepared to pay? Rather than the council determining what we need and then charging us, why don’t they ask us what we want and then cost up what we will get for our increases? – business do it.

A simple survey would be enough and an easy way to feel involved as a tax payer.

We need a better service with our Councils, especialy with litter. Our roadside hedges and trees are embarrasing with litter and plastic bags. What visitors must think when visiting our country. We should have a clean up day. What about putting people who are on community service out to clear some of the eyesores up. Also why werent cigarette butt containers put up everywhere before the smoking ban came into place. Our streets are filthy with butts everywhere

I’m not the most knowledgeable person when it comes to understanding how the financial budget works but the five of the worst things in the post are actually the things I thoroughly enjoy doing – Going on holiday (I normally take a flight);
INSERT INTO `module_blog_comments` VALUES driving to and from places and socialising with my friends and work colleagues after work with a glass of vino or two.

Don’t get me wrong but I think it’s great the government are investing in the greener issues, we are looking after the older generation and the ISA limit has increase, where saving has become increasingly important for me at this stage of my life. However my biggest moan is the increasing rise in petrol prices. I normally just fill my tank up – a year ago it would cost me about £30 to fill up my Peugeot 106 and now it costs about £42.

The increase in prices does not encourage me to get public transport for leisure purposes. Trains are still too expensive, even with the advance deals I think are dear and just not practical for families. Buses and cycling are not always the best modes of getting from one place to another.

Back to the point however, why do the government increase the prices of things I love and what the majority of my peers also enjoy doing?