The Budget: So how was it for you?

March 20, 2013 Subscribe · Forward At A Glance Guide To The Budget Follow George Osborne's Budget 2013 with our 'At A Glance' guide to all the big decisions on the economy. The chancellor started by saying: "Today, I'm going to level with people about the difficult economic circumstances we still face and the hard decisions required to deal with them. "It is taking longer than anyone hoped, but we must hold to the right track. And by setting free the aspirations of the nation, we will get there."  Continue reading... Budget 2013: George Osborne's 'Small Beer' Budget Fails To Impress Budget 2013: Evening Standard Apologises For Leaking Front Page On Twitter Barack Obama Arrives In Israel, Promises 'Unwavering Support' (VIDEO, PICTURES) Duchess Of Cambridge 'Works Very Hard But Everything Comes Easily To Pippa,' Uncle Reveals Teen School Shooter Wears 'Killer' T-Shirt At Sentencing (PICTURES) (PICTURES) Kate And Wills Visit Bereaved Children Charity Kate Middleton Pregnant: Duchess Of Cambridge Sticks With Her Pregnancy Pose (PICTURES) 'Kali' The Orphaned Polar Bear Looking For A New Home (PICTURES) Bradford Muslims Rally To Save Synagogue Celeb Sex Pests 'Protected By Police' Teen School Shooter Wears 'Killer' T-Shirt At Sentencing (PICTURES) RICHARD LLOYD Calling Time on Nuisance Calls and Texts It's clear that nuisance calls and texts have become a daily problem for many people. They not only cause frustration, but they can even be distressing and intimidating. We've had more than 1,600 comments about nuisance calls and texts on our website and many of them had the same theme - 'why isn't something being done?' Our research also found that in the last three months, seven in 10 people received unsolicited calls and four in 10 an unwanted text. Continue reading... MARK TOPLEY Surely People Don't Die From a Toothache? It is 2013 and people are still dying from untreated dental decay. Two of our teams have just returned from the regions of Musoma and Bukoba in Tanzania, where for 10 days they have been training local health workers in emergency dentistry. Continue reading... ADAM AFRIYIE Last-Chance Budget for Growth I am not advocating that the government drops all the austerity measures, starts borrowing huge amounts of money and cuts personal tax rates for the rich. But we do need to focus on the things we know will give our economy the boost it so desperately needs so that people have more money to spend to help our economy grow. Continue reading... IAIN ANDERSON Cyprus - The Thin End of the Wedge? As I write, an MoD plane carrying one million Euros is being airlifted to Cyprus for UK military personnel. It must be a new and very literal definition of 'helicopter money'. And that's the problem. As long as policymakers continue to opt for radically different solutions in every case - then fear and loathing will never be far away from markets and now, once again, from savers. Continue reading... You have received this UK email from AOL (UK) Limited, who provides UK. You can choose to stop receiving these emails at any time, by clicking on UNSUBSCRIBE in any MyDaily email you receive. We respect your privacy and will never forward your data on to a third party without your consent. For full details of AOL's (UK) Limited's policy click here. AOL (UK) Limited believes the information contained in this email to be correct but makes no guarantees as to its accuracy. Copyright © 2012 AOL (UK) Limited AOL (UK) Limited, Shropshire House, 11-20 Capper St, London, WC1E 6JA.