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The government has made a partial retreat on cuts to Child Benefit, now only those earning more than 拢60,000 a year will lose it completely.

There's 37p on the cost of packet of cigarettes, and a rise in fuel duty of 3p a litre will go ahead as planned in August.

But the change that's creating the biggest stir is what's being called a "granny tax" - a cut in real terms in the tax-free allowance given to pensioners.