Chancellor George Osborne has delivered his pre-election budget. Here are his key points so far.
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:: Pension pot lifetime allowance to be reduced from £1.25m to £1m from next year, saving £600m annually.
:: Deficit forecasts from Autumn Statement revised downwards to 4% in 2015/16, 2% in 2016/17 and 0.6% in 2017/18.
:: Forecasted budget surplus of 0.2% forecast for 2018/19 and 0.3% for 2019/20.
:: Borrowing forecast for this year revised downwards to £90.2bn, then £75.3bn in 2015/16, £39.4bn, £12.8bn in subsequent years - a total of £5bn less borrowing than forecast in December.
:: Debt as a share of GDP falls from 80.4% in 2014/15 to 80.2% in 2015/16, then 79.8%, 77.8% and 74.8% in subsequent years before reaching 71.6% in 2019/20.
:: To deliver falling debt, Government must achieve £30bn more in savings by 2017/18 - £13bn from Government departments, £12bn from welfare savings and £5bn from clamping down on tax avoidance and evasion.
:: Legislation next week on diverted profits tax aimed at multinationals shifting profits offshore, with policy to take effect at the start of April.
:: The Office for Budget Responsibility says Britain's economy grew by 2.6% last year.
:: Growth forecast for 2015 revised up by 0.1% to 2.5%, up 0.1% for 2016 to 2.3%, and down 0.1% for 2017 to 2.3%.
:: Unemployment set to fall by 0.1% from 5.4% to 5.3%.
:: National Minimum Wage to be at least £8 by the end of the decade - and will rise by 20p an hour to £6.70 from October.
:: Farmers will be allowed to average their incomes for tax purposes over five years.
:: OBR revises 2015 inflation forecast down to 0.2%.
:: Sale of £13bn of mortgage assets held by the Government after the bailout of Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley is going to be launched. This will be used to pay down the national debt.
:: Squeeze on public spending to end a year earlier than planned, so 2019/20 spending grows in line with the growth of the economy - bringing state spending as a share of national income to the same level as in 2000.
:: Bank levy increased to 0.21%, raising an additional £900m a year.
:: Charities for British servicemen and women to receive £75m, funded by Libor fines.
:: New investment in transport and regeneration across London, and funding to address acute housing shortages in the capital.
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