Chancellor's next Budget will not be a pretty sight

Personal taxes, NI contributions, pensions, social security and savings are all set to be targeted

The delayed UK Budget is revealed this week and it is not going to be a pretty sight. All the government initiatives you have been resisting for the past five years will be rolled out under the cover of conflict. No point in hanging back now. The bagpipes are calling! To the faint and sombre strains of Highland Cathedral, Chancellor Gordon Brown will be throwing everything behind what may be the last time he leads from just behind the Prime Minister. Personal taxes, national insurance contributions, pensions, social security, corporate levies, property tithes and savings will be target...