1. Drivers Priced Off Road
(Articles/Motors)

... of petrol. Motorists say that the present government and especially previous parties have always at budget time hit the motorist with duty hikes.  Recently the increase in duties based on p...

2. Tropic Thunder
(Entertainment/Movies)

...ot;, well sort of.    Tropic Thunder concerns the antics of a bunch of actors, shooting a mega-budget, Apocalypse Now-style Vietnam War epic. However, the director and writer become exasper...

3. Sir Humphrey Strikes Again
(Articles/WeekEnder)

...basket.  Now we have had to buy the bloody thing just to break even. In his first and hopefully last budget he as Chancellor said he was giving a stabilising budget.  In fact he was giving n...

4. Beam Me Back to1966!
(Articles/WeekEnder)

...D's faster than the criminals can burn and sell copies. To curb "binge drinking" the recent budget jacked the price of alcohol up again.  This doesn't stop youngsters boozing bu...

5. Darlings Budget
(News/Latest Stories)

  Alistair Darling announced his budget for the first time as chancellor.  Drinkers, smokers and the drivers of "gas guzzling" cars have all been targeted again.  The Chancell

6. Tax Hike - Blame Free Bus Pass
(News/Latest Stories)

...anded the current system for funding as "totally unsatisfactory".  Reporting on this years budget he said. "I acknowledge that this is an above inflation rise which I appreciate wi...

7. Beer Money and DNA
(Articles/WeekEnder)

...o voted for the maximum local tax hike of 4.9% (Any higher and the government would cap the council's budget)  The same people who decide that to comply with government guidelines - which the...