Bullseye Budget?

The much-maligned Chancellor has improved the Government’s image. all done with taxpayers’ money and a little bit of borrowing.

Perhaps the red bus claims were not so absurd after all, judging by the proposals for the nhS. a lot of the Budget will be paid for by our savings from being out of europe. LAURENCE FREEMAN,

Luton, Beds. The £130 to £187 tax rebates in the Budget for pensioners with an income of £40,000 or less will be gobbled up by the allowed three per cent increase in council tax.

Overall, it appears that the Budget is made up of irresponsible bribes to those who don’t mind mortgaging the next few generations in order to benefit themselves. JAMES ROBERT-POULAIN,

Bexhill-on-Sea, E. Sussex. The allocation of £420 million to repair potholes looks impressive, but is nowhere near enough. Just my council could use it all and still our roads would be a disgrace.

ROBERT BISHOP, Billingshurst, W. Sussex. eVeRYOne seems happy with the personal allowance being increased in april to rates not expected until 2020. But they will be frozen until 2021, so we’ll be back to square one.

The additional-rate tax threshold should have risen by the rate of inflation while the lower threshold needs to be raised to £15,000.

K. JACQUES, Stafford. The Budget has given nothing to women like me, born in the Fifties who are still working because our pension has been snatched away until we are 66.

It’s wonderful that money has been found to shore up the high Street, but people like me on a low income can’t afford to go shopping.

DOROTHY CRAMP, Golcar, W Yorks. TheRe were certainly good things in the Budget, such as the £20 billion for the nhS over five years.

But major concerns such as funding for mental health and social care, the widespread necessity for food banks and the insecure gig economy were not tackled.

Rev ANDREW McLUSKEY, Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey.