Was the recent budget a failure? Birmingham reacts to rising costs

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We ask Birmingham residents how they feel about the recent budget and whether they think it was a success or failure. Are rising prices, passed on by businesses, making life harder?

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00:00I think that the Chancellor had to find some money somewhere and maybe she could

00:07have rated it slightly so that the National Insurance didn't kick in at

00:135,000. Yeah businesses do always pass on things on to customers and do think that

00:19prices have gone a lot higher which is disappointing. I think it's the Labour

00:24government as a whole haven't been keeping to their promises and looking

00:29after people as they should do. I was very disappointed I've got to say it

00:34wasn't a typical Labour policy I wouldn't have thought. The winter fuel

00:38payments was a complete disappointment I'm really surprised that has been

00:42stopped apart from people who are on benefits and the National Insurance rate

00:48I'm disappointed about that as well it is affecting businesses I'm sure and

00:52business leaders are coming across saying that so I think that's fact.

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