THE Chancellor's Budget 2007 at a glance:

Chancellor Gordon Brown rose to deliver his 11th Budget at 1231.

:: Budget to expand fairness and prosperity for families.

:: British economy growing faster than all G7 countries, as well as euro countries, Japan and America.

:: UK second only to America in national income.

:: Looking ahead to 2008-09, inflation will be on target.

:: Britain has the G7's fastest growing business investment, alongside the US, and will rise by more than 7% this year.

: In 2006, Mr Brown said, 220,000 more people went into work.

: In 2008 and 2009 UK growth will again be the highest in the G7, alongsidee the US, at 2.5-3%.

:: UK spending surplus is £11 billion, with debt stable and lower than G7 countries, including America.

:: Net borrowing set to be £35 billion, or 2.7% of income, this year, reducing to £24 billion by 2012.

: Intelligence and counter-terrorism to receive additional £86 million for the coming year.

: Budget changes will be broadly neutral for public finances.

: Frontline public services in coming spending round will receive 75% of all new spending.

: Departmental savings on administration to be worth £1 billion a year by 2010/11.

: Public investment in science will rise from £5 billion this year to £6.3 billion by 2010/11.

: Mainstream corporation tax to be cut from April 2008 to 28p - down from 30p.

: Details of new Northern Ireland innovation fund for industry and jobs available to a restored executive in the province to be announced tomorrow.

: £800 million to be allocated to Environmental Transformation Fund to help combat international poverty.

: Until 2012, all new zero-carbon homes up to £500,000 will be exempt from stamp duty.

: Bio-fuels duty differential of 20p per litre extended to 2010.

: Immediate 30% cut in band B of vehicle excise duty to £35, matched by moving the top band 30% higher to £300 and to £400 next year.

: For the coming year, fuel duty will rise 2p per litre, for 2008 2p and for 2009 1.8p, but this year's annual fuel duty increase deferred to October.

: Duty on 20 cigarettes to rise from 6pm tonight by 11p.

: Financial assistance scheme to help workers whose pension scheme was lost through employer insolvency to rise by £6 billion to £8 billion.

: Annual tax exemption for capital gains transferred between husband and wife to rise to £9,200.

: Tax-free cash in ISAs to rise in April 2008 to £3,600 from £3,000.

: Child benefit for the first child to rise in stages to £20 by 2010.

: Budget measures will lift 200,000 children out of poverty, said the Chancellor.

: Tax-free allowance for pensioners under 75 to rise in three stages to £8,990 in 2008, £9,500 in 2010 and £9,770 in 2011. For over-75s, tax-free allowance rises to £10,000 by 2011.

: 10p income tax band on non-savings income to be removed and top rate tax threshold to be increased to £43,000 from April 2009.

: Education spending in England to rise by £4 billion to £64 billion next year, £67 billion the year after, then £70 billion, rising in 2010 to £74 billion.

: From next April, basic rate of income tax down from 22p to 20p.

: The Chancellor sat down at 13.19pm.

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