Budget trivia

With the Budget only weeks away we thought would share some lesser known facts from previous Budgets.

• Out of 20 post war Chancellors only 3 have gone on to become Prime Minister…. so far. (Harold Macmillan. James Callaghan and John Major).
• The Budget Box was first used by William Gladstone around 1860.
• When George Ward-Hunt opened his budget box in 1869 he found that he had left his speech at home!
• Geoffrey Howe named his dog Budget.

And finally....

Some excuses purportedly given to HMRC, first published in the Daily Mail, for not doing things:

• ‘Please send me a claim form as I have had a baby. I had one before, but it got dirty and I burnt it.’
• ‘I received your income tax form but had to go into hospital an hour afterwards.’
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Answer to the numbers game: 900, 44, 64