The wealthy living in their mansions can afford to pay a bit more

FOR all the dire warnings, the Budget had plenty to cheer about.

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Delivering £30billion of tax rises is no easy task - but neither is cutting social security and funding for public services, which others wanted.

The biggest tax rise was poached from the previous government - freezing personal tax thresholds. The rest of the Budget contained lots of small, sensible tax measures that will largely fall on richer households.