Disappointed we didn’t get a repeal of IR35, equally disappointed at the number of people who fail to see what has been achieved. Glad to see the raise in fuel expenses and the action on the fuel duty, disappointed it’s being funded by smacking the oil companies. Glad he’s bitten the bullet on merging NICs and PAYE, which would mean the end of IR35 in time. Glad to see the double shuffle on the banking levy that cancels out their potential gain from the new CT rate. Overall, given what he had to work with and the situation he’s trying to get out of, I thought he did a good job: not brilliant, merely good. Let’s hope it works the way he wants it to and gets things moving properly.
By the way, anyone noticed that the number of new IR35 cases has dropped away quite significantly. Wonder why…
