{{Short description|Ceremonial presentation of a government budget}}{{Globalize|date=February 2025|2=United Kingdom}}
{{EngvarB|date=June 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} '''Budget Day''' is the day that a government presents its [[government budget|budget]] to a legislature for approval, in a ceremonial fashion. It only exists in some countries of the world.
== United Kingdom ==<!--This section is linked from Autumn Statement--> {{see also|Budget of the United Kingdom}} {{see also|Red box (government)}} In the United Kingdom, Budget Day is the day that the [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] delivers the [[Budget of the United Kingdom|annual budget]], first privately to the Cabinet and then publicly in a speech to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]. It is always aligned with the [[fiscal year]], which itself in the UK is still aligned with the [[Julian Calendar]]. Budget Day formerly occurred on a Wednesday in March, before the start of the new fiscal year, although in the early 20th century it was delivered in April, after the start of the fiscal year.<ref name=Brazier>{{cite book|title=Ministers of the Crown|author=Rodney Brazier|pages=151–152, 346|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1997|isbn=0-19-825988-3}}</ref><ref name=Young>{{cite book|title=The British Parliament|author=Roland Arnold Young|publisher=Faber and Faber|year=1962|pages=170}}</ref> However, former chancellor [[Philip Hammond]] announced in the 2016 Autumn Statement that the budget would, from 2018, be moved to October as an 'autumn budget', and the statement moved to March, but as a less important convention.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 November 2016 |title=Why Philip Hammond's plan for an autumn Budget makes sense |url=https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/comment/why-philip-hammonds-plan-autumn-budget-makes-sense |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Institute for Government |language=en}}</ref> The last time the budget was held in the autumn to this timing came from 1993 to 1996, when Budget Day was also shifted from spring to autumn.<ref>{{cite web|title=Factsheet P5: Budgets and Financial Documents|publisher=House of Commons Information Office|year=2010|pages=6|url=http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-information-office/p05.pdf}}</ref>
Chancellors have had varying opinions on Budget Day. [[Nigel Lawson]] wrote, in his memoirs, that it is "best described as an enjoyable ordeal". [[Harold Macmillan]], in explaining his surprise at being appointed Chancellor, said that he thought Budget Day to be "rather like a school Speech Day: a bit of a bore, but there it is".<ref name=Lawson>{{cite book|title=The View from No. 11: Memoirs of a Tory Radical|author=[[Nigel Lawson]] |publisher=Bantam |year=1992|isbn=0-593-02218-1|pages=326}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=A History of Income Tax|author=B. E. V. Sabine|publisher=Taylor and Francis|year=2006|isbn=0-415-38196-7|pages=230}}</ref><ref name=Hughes>{{cite book|title=Macmillan: Portrait of a Politician|author=Emrys Hughes|location=London|publisher=G. Allen & Unwin|year=1962}}</ref>
=== Preparation === The Chancellor, [[HM Treasury|Treasury]] ministers, and officials will have been working on the Budget some time in advance of Budget Day. [[Geoffrey Howe]] initiated the tradition of a weekend meeting, for all Treasury ministers and officials, outside London and some time in advance of Budget Day, for discussing the Budget. This meeting is now a customary part of the annual Budget preparations.<ref name=Brazier />
=== Presentation to the monarch === The monarch is the first person to be told of the Budget. Queen [[Elizabeth II]] customarily invited the Chancellor to dinner the day before Budget Day, where she was given an outline of the Budget.<ref name=Brazier />
=== Presentation to the Cabinet ===
The Budget is presented to the Cabinet before being presented to Parliament. Formally, the Cabinet has power to amend the Budget. In practice, however, this is made impossible by the fact that the Budget Cabinet meets on the very morning of Budget Day itself, far too late for any but very minor changes to be effected. The Budget is presented to the Cabinet largely as a ''fait accompli'' by the Chancellor, the various junior Treasury ministers, and the Prime Minister (in the role of the [[First Lord of the Treasury]]).<ref name=Brazier />
This swiftness is justified on the grounds of secrecy. It is considered essential the budget details not leak before the Chancellor's public speech. (In 1936, [[James Henry Thomas]] famously leaked Budget details after the Budget Cabinet, which at the time was being held five days before Budget Day, which had been until that point the traditional period between the Budget Cabinet and Budget Day itself.) Little objection has apparently been raised by the Cabinet to this. The only times that the Budget Cabinet has raised objections causing last-minute amendment to the Budget have been:<ref name=Brazier /> :;1945:[[Hugh Dalton]] removed a proposal to change the tax on fuel oil. :;1951:[[Hugh Gaitskell]] responded to Cabinet pressure and abandoned his plans for a differential fuel tax. :;1962:Cabinet persuaded [[Selwyn Lloyd]] to announce the early abolition of the tax on home owner-occupiers. :;1981:The so-called "wets" in the Cabinet persuaded Geoffrey Howe to increase the [[state pension]] in line with inflation, which he had not wanted to do. ([[Margaret Thatcher]] recorded in her memoirs that "[t]he dissenters in the Cabinet ... had been stunned by the budget when they learnt its contents".)
=== The Chancellor's Speech and debate === The Chancellor's Speech in the House is given immediately after what is usually a somewhat lacklustre [[Prime Minister's Question Time]], it being largely overshadowed by what is seen as the main parliamentary event of the day, now usually around 12:30 but previously about 15:30. Nigel Lawson reports that after the press photo-call at 15:15, where like all chancellors he would hold the [[Chancellor of the Exchequer#Budget box|red dispatch box]], purportedly containing the budget speech,{{ref|dispatch box|N1}} aloft; he used to spend time in his room, just behind the [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker]]'s chair, collecting his thoughts, before entering the house at 15:25, usually to the sound of "a roar from the Government benches".<ref name=Lawson /><ref name=Biffen>{{cite book|title=Inside the House of Commons|author=John Biffen|pages=127|publisher=Grafton|year=1989|isbn=0-246-13479-8}}</ref> The debate is customarily presided over by the [[Chairman of Ways and Means]] instead of the Speaker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/parliamentwork/offices-and-ceremonies/overview/chairman-waysmeans/|title=The Chairman of Ways and Means/Deputy Speakers – UK Parliament}}</ref>
It has varied in length over the years. Macmillan remarked that he "would try not to prolong the agony", and once opined of the speech that he did not think it "necessary to start with the usual long review of the events of the last financial year".<ref name=Hughes /> The longest continuous budget speech was delivered by [[William Ewart Gladstone]] on 18 April 1853 and lasted 4 hours and 45 minutes. The shortest was given by [[Benjamin Disraeli]] in 1867 and lasted 45 minutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/role/check-and-approve-government-spending-and-taxation/the-budget-and-parliament/|title=The Budget and Parliament|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom|access-date=29 October 2018}}</ref>
It is also a parliamentary tradition that while making the Budget Speech the Chancellor may drink whatever they wish, including alcohol which is otherwise forbidden. Past chancellors have opted for [[whisky]] ([[Kenneth Clarke]]), [[gin and tonic]] ([[Geoffrey Howe]]), [[brandy]] and water (Benjamin Disraeli), [[spritzer]] ([[Nigel Lawson]]) and [[sherry]] and beaten egg (William Ewart Gladstone). In the last 25 years, this tradition has fallen away, with [[Gordon Brown]] and subsequent chancellors opting for water.<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 March 1999|title=BBC News {{!}} BUDGET BRIEFING {{!}} Drinks at the despatch box|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/events/budget_99/budget_briefing/271449.stm|access-date=2021-03-03|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/faq/budget.cfm Frequently Asked Questions: The Budget ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209070111/http://www.parliament.uk/faq/budget.cfm |date=9 February 2010 }} UK Parliament</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/chancellor-names-his-preferred-budget-tipple-a-glass-of-plain-london-tap-water-1-1158147 |title=Chancellor names his preferred Budget tipple – a glass of plain London tap water |work=[[The Scotsman]] |publisher=[[Johnston Press]] |date=6 March 2008|access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref>
The speech is followed by a debate, which can last for several days. In theory, the report and the financial proposals that the Chancellor sets out in the speech are immediately considered and debated by the House, with the Chancellor in attendance to respond to arguments and, occasionally, to amend proposals. Young reports one Member of Parliament observing that Chancellors customarily "keep up their sleeves one or two million pounds which they propose to give away in concessions during the course of the Finance Bill debates".<ref name=Young />
In practice, practical concerns dictate otherwise. Nigel Lawson reports, "[as] soon as MPs realise that the tax announcements are over they dash out of the Chamber to get their copies of the ''Financial Statement and Budget Report'' – the 'Red Book'".<ref name=Lawson />
Similarly, there is a rush by the news services to report Budget items. Young observed in the 1960s that newspapers were "on the street, within minutes it seemed, bringing the glad tidings: TUPPENCE OFF BEER. INCOME TAX DOWN.". Since Parliament has been televised, TV news services have broadcast the Chancellor's speech live, as a "Budget special".<ref name=Young />
=== Evening broadcast === Between 1952 and 2011, the Chancellor would, in the evening of Budget Day, make a television [[party political broadcast]] about the budget. Similar broadcasts were made, in response, by representatives of the major Opposition parties. All broadcasts were arranged through the normal parliamentary processes for arranging [[party election broadcast]]s.<ref name=Brazier /><ref>{{cite web|title=Political Television 1936–1955|author=David Boothroyd|work=Political Television|url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk./pt1.html|access-date=9 October 2008|publisher=[[Demon Internet]]|archive-date=19 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019233957/http://www.election.demon.co.uk./pt1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
This tradition was discontinued, starting with the 2012 budget, as part of wider changes to the scheduling of party political broadcasts.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16923536 |title=BBC axes Budget Day political broadcasts |work=[[BBC News]] |date=7 February 2012}}</ref> The BBC defended its decision, saying that they originated from a time where filming the Budget Statement from inside the House of Commons was not possible, and the public would be able to access the information from various other outlets.<ref>{{cite news|title=BBC axes Budget Day political broadcasts|date=17 February 2012|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16923536|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref>
====List of Budget broadcasts====
{| class= "wikitable" |+ 1950s ! scope= "col" |Budget ! scope= "col" |Date ! scope= "col" |Chancellor ! colspan= "2" |Party ! scope= "col" |Date ! scope= "col" |Shadow Chancellor ! colspan= "2" |Party ! scope= "col" |Ref |- ! [[1953 United Kingdom budget|1953]] |16 April |rowspan="3" |[[R. A. Butler]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="7"| | rowspan= "7" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |17 April |rowspan="3"| [[Hugh Gaitskell]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="7"| | rowspan="7" | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f228c7bfb87f42d49a398fefeecac818|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027194028/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f228c7bfb87f42d49a398fefeecac818|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2021|title=The Budget, 16 April 1953|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=16 April 1953 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/79c7bb8aec434117b40d8de5f33530b2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018043857/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/79c7bb8aec434117b40d8de5f33530b2|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2020|title=The Budget, 17 April 1953|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=17 April 1953 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1954 United Kingdom budget|1954]] |8 April |9 April |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/38a1085538ae41a1815622e80b9a381f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027194029/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/38a1085538ae41a1815622e80b9a381f|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2021|title=The Budget, 8 April 1954|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=8 April 1954 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8da3906e75904edd86ccb9ae5de608cb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017191639/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8da3906e75904edd86ccb9ae5de608cb|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2020|title=The Budget, 9 April 1954|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=9 April 1954 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1955 United Kingdom budget|1955]] |21 April |22 April |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e57ce3a8fea3401fbb3dc44fd6b5ba28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027194029/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e57ce3a8fea3401fbb3dc44fd6b5ba28|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2021|title=The Budget, 21 April 1955|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=21 April 1955 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/26f9bd5c3a554ab5abf6384d838af93d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027195537/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/26f9bd5c3a554ab5abf6384d838af93d|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2021|title=The Budget, 22 April 1955|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=22 April 1955 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1956 United Kingdom budget|1956]] |18 April |[[Harold Macmillan]] |19 April |rowspan="4"| [[Harold Wilson]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b12b5f659ea34884accea32d19deff6d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012173243/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b12b5f659ea34884accea32d19deff6d|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2020|title=The Budget, 18 April 1956|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=18 April 1956 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a46c94b6dba94f2baf365a47a909c15b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012161206/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a46c94b6dba94f2baf365a47a909c15b|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2020|title=The Budget, 19 April 1956|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=19 April 1956 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1957 United Kingdom budget|1957]] |9 April |[[Peter Thorneycroft]] |10 April |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/54b6ffe00a154a3f95e513c6cfe23197|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027194043/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/54b6ffe00a154a3f95e513c6cfe23197|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2021|title=The Budget, 9 April 1957|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=9 April 1957 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5d03f29420364180bbb5b62dbfac2905|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027194025/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5d03f29420364180bbb5b62dbfac2905|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2021|title=The Budget, 10 April 1957|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=10 April 1957 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1958 United Kingdom budget|1958]] |15 April |rowspan="2" | [[Derick Heathcoat-Amory]] |16 April |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/c1dd520afcc143ebba3e34617ecddd76|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027194032/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/c1dd520afcc143ebba3e34617ecddd76|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2021|title=The Budget, 15 April 1958|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/ddf30c99562d4f12a82650270dd98f09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012140506/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/ddf30c99562d4f12a82650270dd98f09|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2020|title=The Budget, 16 April 1958|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1959 United Kingdom budget|1959]] |7 April |8 April |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/547c83580b064c0a95479784d3b094ea|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012134806/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/547c83580b064c0a95479784d3b094ea|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2020|title=The Budget, 7 April 1959|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/a5f39aae75c0485097d4bd0f63b1c1a9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012183047/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/a5f39aae75c0485097d4bd0f63b1c1a9|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2020|title=The Budget, 8 April 1959|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |}
{| class= "wikitable" |+ 1960s ! scope= "col" |Budget ! scope= "col" |Date ! scope= "col" |Chancellor ! colspan= "2" |Party ! scope= "col" |Date ! scope= "col" |Shadow Chancellor ! colspan= "2" |Party ! scope= "col" |Ref |- ! [[1960 United Kingdom budget|1960]] |4 April |[[Derick Heathcoat-Amory]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="5"| | rowspan= "5" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |5 April |rowspan="2" | [[Harold Wilson]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="5"| | rowspan= "5" |[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/df8f5bae9e30493bb0571326b7ed90e7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506233507/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/df8f5bae9e30493bb0571326b7ed90e7|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 May 2017|title=The Budget, 4 April 1960|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=4 April 1960 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/79c7bb8aec434117b40d8de5f33530b2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018043857/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/79c7bb8aec434117b40d8de5f33530b2|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2020|title=The Budget, 5 April 1960|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=17 April 1953 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1961 United Kingdom budget|1961]] |17 April |rowspan="2"| [[Selwyn Lloyd]] |18 April |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f7779d01c76b4462af400311aa4dd7e1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024235201/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f7779d01c76b4462af400311aa4dd7e1|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2014|title=The Budget, 17 April 1961|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=17 April 1961 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2e0da6df1dff43759c920c1e2d09baf8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024234147/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2e0da6df1dff43759c920c1e2d09baf8|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2014|title=The Budget, 18 April 1961|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=18 April 1961 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1962 United Kingdom budget|1962]] |9 April |10 April |rowspan="3"| [[James Callaghan]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/50b199221bb74762aa97f815687bcf3f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027194050/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/50b199221bb74762aa97f815687bcf3f|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2021|title=The Budget, 9 April 1962|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=9 April 1962 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/96d65a96c64844bbaf7733a4c5234d67|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012130521/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/96d65a96c64844bbaf7733a4c5234d67|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2020|title=The Budget, 10 April 1962|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=10 April 1962 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1963 United Kingdom budget|1963]] |3 April |rowspan="2"| [[Reginald Maudling]] |4 April |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b20975fda8754986b8359b9705849ac6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013114148/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b20975fda8754986b8359b9705849ac6|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 October 2020|title=The Budget, 3 April 1963|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=3 April 1963 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7005cc5c87494a6592564901452e6570|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027195547/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7005cc5c87494a6592564901452e6570|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2021|title=The Budget, 4 April 1963|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=4 April 1963 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1964 United Kingdom budget|1964]] |14 April |15 April |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/904c4c44a1b14f14971e95ed1a07e062|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425125457/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/904c4c44a1b14f14971e95ed1a07e062|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 April 2018|title=The Budget, 14 April 1964|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=14 April 1964 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/407c9ba6987f457e996547078dfe027e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425055412/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/407c9ba6987f457e996547078dfe027e|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 April 2018|title=The Budget, 15 April 1964|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=15 April 1964 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1965 United Kingdom budget|1965]] |6 April |rowspan="3"| [[James Callaghan]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="5"| | rowspan= "5" |[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |7 April |[[Edward Heath]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="5"| | rowspan= "5" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f965f0890af644728e6168fed4fbb2ea|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205155018/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f965f0890af644728e6168fed4fbb2ea|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 December 2020|title=The Budget, 6 April 1965|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=6 April 1965 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2446e5934b27434dbb49fa13b0cdf74b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025090812/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2446e5934b27434dbb49fa13b0cdf74b|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2020|title=The Budget, 7 April 1965|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=7 April 1965 |access-date=16 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1966 United Kingdom budget|1966]] |3 May |4 May |rowspan="4"| [[Ian Macleod]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a0a9b9da640d44be9d19013a8b29b789|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030083957/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a0a9b9da640d44be9d19013a8b29b789|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 October 2014|title=The Budget, 3 May 1966|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=3 May 1966 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/21fba53dc3264f1aadb6ad9cc80d2fdd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030084816/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/21fba53dc3264f1aadb6ad9cc80d2fdd|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 October 2014|title=The Budget, 4 May 1966|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=4 May 1966 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1967 United Kingdom budget|1967]] |11 April |12 April |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/538d7b357a24412994b81d44a706c960|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012154753/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/538d7b357a24412994b81d44a706c960|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2020|title=The Budget, 11 April 1967|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=11 April 1967 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dd5f95592fac408ebc54eba069ce4d86|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012151857/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dd5f95592fac408ebc54eba069ce4d86|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2020|title=The Budget, 12 April 1967|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=12 April 1967 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1968 United Kingdom budget|1968]] |19 March |rowspan="2"| [[Roy Jenkins]] |20 March |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c0587b7ef9ac4affa179327bb3e07aba|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017025425/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c0587b7ef9ac4affa179327bb3e07aba|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2020|title=The Budget, 19 March 1968|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=19 March 1968 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/78c88d71d4fb4ae8817c0b8362702ce8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027194027/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/78c88d71d4fb4ae8817c0b8362702ce8|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2021|title=The Budget, 20 March 1968|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=20 March 1968 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1969 United Kingdom budget|1969]] |15 April |16 April |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e001774dc1e74e5ea8c49188cddd2b3e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027195557/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e001774dc1e74e5ea8c49188cddd2b3e|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2021|title=The Budget, 15 April 1969|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=15 April 1969 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d3838bf8a8704027bfa1efac00e4ca1a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027194056/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d3838bf8a8704027bfa1efac00e4ca1a|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2021|title=The Budget, 16 April 1969|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=16 April 1969 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |}
{| class= "wikitable" |+ 1970s ! scope= "col" |Budget ! scope= "col" |Date ! scope= "col" |Chancellor ! colspan= "2" |Party ! scope= "col" |Date ! scope= "col" |Shadow Chancellor ! colspan= "2" |Party ! scope= "col" |Ref |- ! [[1970 United Kingdom budget|1970]] |14 April |[[Roy Jenkins]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |15 April |[[Ian Macleod]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a8215cb09bc1421f9648c22f9916fe28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012172537/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a8215cb09bc1421f9648c22f9916fe28|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2020|title=The Budget, 14 April 1970|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=14 April 1970 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4c7b0ba64394466a9b0badb702fe38fa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017205927/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4c7b0ba64394466a9b0badb702fe38fa|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2020|title=The Budget, 15 April 1970|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=15 April 1970 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1971 United Kingdom budget|1971]] |30 March |rowspan="3"| [[Anthony Barber]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="3"| | rowspan= "3" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |31 March |rowspan="2" | [[Roy Jenkins]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="3"| | rowspan= "3" |[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/10fe78026b5c4d6286fa7749c8bcb0a0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804122600/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/10fe78026b5c4d6286fa7749c8bcb0a0|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 August 2020|title=The Budget, 30 March 1971|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=30 March 1971 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f5eb7e66617c43ea91addf6c9582c1e3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014113148/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f5eb7e66617c43ea91addf6c9582c1e3|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 October 2020|title=The Budget, 31 March 1971|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=31 March 1971 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1972 United Kingdom budget|1972]] |21 March |22 March |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d62b08c7a4c940feab0efba67e1747d8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012165318/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d62b08c7a4c940feab0efba67e1747d8|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2020|title=The Budget, 21 March 1972|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=21 March 1972 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ab6d9cb525254bb983c29974bec1e0c1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012141557/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ab6d9cb525254bb983c29974bec1e0c1|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2020|title=The Budget, 22 March 1972|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=22 March 1972 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1973 United Kingdom budget|1973]] |6 March |7 March |[[Denis Healey]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a44ef12d93dc42689e8e3bd56fb9665c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027194051/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a44ef12d93dc42689e8e3bd56fb9665c|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2021|title=The Budget, 6 March 1973|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=6 March 1973 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/97520b5a036744009ee3ff975495dac9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017205929/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/97520b5a036744009ee3ff975495dac9|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2020|title=The Budget, 7 March 1973|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=7 March 1973 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[March 1974 United Kingdom budget|Mar 1974]] |26 March |rowspan="7"| [[Denis Healey]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="7"| | rowspan= "7" |[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |27 March |rowspan="2"| [[Robert Carr]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="7"| | rowspan= "7" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/04e2514bac9149b486afb83624da7477|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012140400/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/04e2514bac9149b486afb83624da7477|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2020|title=The Budget, 26 March 1974|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=26 March 1974 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/520c7344f98d43c083c78b3360b52a17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012172640/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/520c7344f98d43c083c78b3360b52a17|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2020|title=The Budget, 27 March 1974|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=27 March 1974 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[November 1974 United Kingdom budget|Nov 1974]] |12 November |13 November |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/bbe2f27bbd894ac59fffa7aca63667f2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012141217/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/bbe2f27bbd894ac59fffa7aca63667f2|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2020|title=The Budget, 12 November 1974|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=12 November 1974 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8c00e907dce9455b96010512afe76974|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826211050/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8c00e907dce9455b96010512afe76974|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 August 2021|title=The Budget, 13 November 1974|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=13 November 1974 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1975 United Kingdom budget|1975]] |15 April |16 April |rowspan="5"| [[Geoffrey Howe]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ed018df8b0434cda8262f63b6c38f4c5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027194101/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ed018df8b0434cda8262f63b6c38f4c5|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2021|title=The Budget, 15 April 1975|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=15 April 1975 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/862030faee1a4222bb545b765daf955b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012141555/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/862030faee1a4222bb545b765daf955b|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2020|title=The Budget, 16 April 1975|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=16 April 1975 |access-date=16 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1976 United Kingdom budget|1976]] |6 April |7 April |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9e7e94eb3c204841b5e467b396f66cd3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017123138/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9e7e94eb3c204841b5e467b396f66cd3|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2020|title=The Budget, 6 April 1976|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=6 April 1976 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/33581285ebcc41e4b98e49b1150e14e9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016041520/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/33581285ebcc41e4b98e49b1150e14e9|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 October 2020|title=The Budget, 7 April 1976|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=7 April 1976 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1977 United Kingdom budget|1977]] |29 March |30 March |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/799877eba1f04ce1a1e8bcc6e2601760|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017025422/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/799877eba1f04ce1a1e8bcc6e2601760|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2020|title=The Budget, 29 March 1977|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=29 March 1977 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/349c431913fe48c88fa6ae7e62ab8094|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012140512/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/349c431913fe48c88fa6ae7e62ab8094|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2020|title=The Budget, 30 March 1977|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=30 March 1977 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1978 United Kingdom budget|1978]] |11 April |12 April |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/65c2cbddf16b4960b7ab1bec908601b|title=The Budget, 11 April 1978|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|access-date=17 May 2020}}{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3c6e35df250c49da94827179f2e80b06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012140500/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3c6e35df250c49da94827179f2e80b06|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2020|title=The Budget, 12 April 1978|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=12 April 1978 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[April 1979 United Kingdom budget|Apr 1979]] |3 April |4 April |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/28b70441d953437faaf0eab4a715133d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027083847/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/28b70441d953437faaf0eab4a715133d|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2014|title=The Budget, 3 April 1979|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=3 April 1979 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/835fd284997d492f9491d7bb6c2a2de9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027085639/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/835fd284997d492f9491d7bb6c2a2de9|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2014|title=The Budget, 4 April 1979|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=4 April 1979 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[June 1979 United Kingdom budget|Jun 1979]] |12 June |[[Geoffrey Howe]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"| | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |13 June |[[Denis Healey]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3fb2fabd763a4996a9e934e4b33ad29e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027112101/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3fb2fabd763a4996a9e934e4b33ad29e|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2014|title=The Budget, 12 June 1979|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=12 June 1979 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c17aa18757944a0e902c2cd60f9c086c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027111100/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c17aa18757944a0e902c2cd60f9c086c|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2014|title=The Budget, 13 June 1979|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=13 June 1979 |access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |}
{| class= "wikitable" |+ 1980s ! scope= "col" |Budget ! scope= "col" |Date ! scope= "col" |Chancellor ! colspan= "2" |Party ! scope= "col" |Date ! scope= "col" |Shadow Chancellor ! colspan= "2" |Party ! scope= "col" |Ref |- ! [[1980 United Kingdom budget|1980]] |26 March |rowspan="4"| [[Geoffrey Howe]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="4"| | rowspan= "4" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |27 March |[[Denis Healey]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="4"| | rowspan= "4" |[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/42b6f5ccd0934defa78af11d7eb5ac33|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605155312/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/42b6f5ccd0934defa78af11d7eb5ac33|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=The Budget, 26 March 1970|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=26 March 1980 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/685502ca80f648618af81ea0481bcba2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605155310/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/685502ca80f648618af81ea0481bcba2|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=The Budget, 27 March 1980|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=27 March 1980 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1981 United Kingdom budget|1981]] |10 March |11 March |rowspan="3"| [[Peter Shore]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/56b88ce567eb42bdb42c920d44ef8007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029090614/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/56b88ce567eb42bdb42c920d44ef8007|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2014|title=The Budget, 10 March 1981|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=10 March 1981 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/fee1387e8ffe4fd4bf1f319aa52059e0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029084905/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/fee1387e8ffe4fd4bf1f319aa52059e0|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2014|title=The Budget, 11 March 1981|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=11 March 1981 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1982 United Kingdom budget|1982]] |9 March |10 March ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b12861eee4704670882cdd356b08b308|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605155451/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b12861eee4704670882cdd356b08b308|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=The Budget, 9 March 1982|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=9 March 1982 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0e6a7edd5120446890b10ec21ae97798|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605155307/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0e6a7edd5120446890b10ec21ae97798|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=The Budget, 10 March 1982|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=10 March 1982 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1983 United Kingdom budget|1983]] |15 March |16 March |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/257a3592859d4f1195e112a85af474b9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020035815/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/257a3592859d4f1195e112a85af474b9|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 October 2014|title=The Budget, 15 March 1983|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=15 March 1983 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/75c8139864254f14842e57074afa866f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020040118/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/75c8139864254f14842e57074afa866f|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 October 2014|title=The Budget, 16 March 1963|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=16 March 1983 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope= "col" |Budget ! scope= "col" |Date ! scope= "col" |Chancellor ! colspan= "2" |Party ! scope= "col" |Date ! scope= "col" |Shadow Chancellor ! colspan= "2" |Party ! scope="col " |Date ! scope="col" |Spokesperson ! colspan="2" |Party ! scope="col" |Ref |- ! [[1984 United Kingdom budget|1984]] |13 March |rowspan="6"| [[Nigel Lawson]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="6"| | rowspan= "6" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |14 March |rowspan="4"| [[Roy Hattersley]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="6"| | rowspan= "6" |[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |15 March |[[Roy Jenkins]] | style="background-color: {{party color|SDP-Liberal Alliance}}"; rowspan="5"| | rowspan= "5" |[[SDP-Liberal Alliance]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1d02664140a545769058329758ca155c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605155313/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1d02664140a545769058329758ca155c|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=The Budget, 13 March 1984|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=13 March 1984 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/22468ff0574b438ab0764e72cd06ebc2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605155308/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/22468ff0574b438ab0764e72cd06ebc2|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=The Budget, 14 March 1964|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=14 March 1984 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d674260019ad4a38a0e07b7b16425d33|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605155317/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d674260019ad4a38a0e07b7b16425d33|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=The Budget, 15 March 1984|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=15 March 1984 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1985 United Kingdom budget|1985]] |19 March |20 March |21 March | [[David Steel]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c8eb281d22614084882477842d292569|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605162500/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c8eb281d22614084882477842d292569|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=The Budget, 19 March 1985|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=19 March 1985 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/87abe81bedbb459b8a5d8b37dd513252|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605162459/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/87abe81bedbb459b8a5d8b37dd513252|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=The Budget, 20 March 1985|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=20 March 1985 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9f6d157833af486793d7031483d6c029|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605162701/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9f6d157833af486793d7031483d6c029|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=The Budget, 21 March 1985|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=21 March 1985 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1986 United Kingdom budget|1986]] |18 March |19 March |20 March |rowspan="2"| [[Roy Jenkins]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/fd300cf70c214756b0f9da7ce8d18f9e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605162455/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/fd300cf70c214756b0f9da7ce8d18f9e|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget 86, 18 March 1986|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=18 March 1986 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/db06d8a930e74877a3d2f8a683fcd30f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605162453/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/db06d8a930e74877a3d2f8a683fcd30f|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=The Budget, 19 March 1986|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=19 March 1986 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/86f0532a8328480997d3adebd1a25fbe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605162457/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/86f0532a8328480997d3adebd1a25fbe|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=The Budget, 20 March 1986|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=20 March 1986 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1987 United Kingdom budget|1987]] |17 March |18 March |19 March |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3f4c78d177a74b0fa87b4c40c521e138|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605162453/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3f4c78d177a74b0fa87b4c40c521e138|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget 87, 17 March 1987|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=17 March 1987 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5a80cb8e6e9d4f3895b96a87f76e8aa1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605162619/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5a80cb8e6e9d4f3895b96a87f76e8aa1|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=The Budget, 18 March 1987|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=18 March 1987 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7a5504937c414c52addf352249078a0a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605165418/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7a5504937c414c52addf352249078a0a|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=The Budget, 19 March 1987|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=19 March 1987 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1988 United Kingdom budget|1988]] |15 March |16 March |rowspan="2"| [[John Smith (Labour Party leader)|John Smith]] |17 March |rowspan="2"| [[Alan Beith]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ce1cca941b5847dbb87f67a1785131ae|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605163535/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ce1cca941b5847dbb87f67a1785131ae|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget 88, 15 March 1988|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=15 March 1988 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/29119aae23ac41d1bda384010e8e2ff9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605162502/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/29119aae23ac41d1bda384010e8e2ff9|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget 88, 16 March 1988|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=16 March 1988 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/50fa21328b904ce49dad26e2b436802e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605162458/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/50fa21328b904ce49dad26e2b436802e|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget 88, 17 March 1988|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=17 March 1988 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1989 United Kingdom budget|1989]] |14 March |15 March |16 March | style="background-color: {{party color|Social and Liberal Democrats}}"| |[[Social and Liberal Democrats]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/de21949226dd4b76b3bf0d5df3a0acb9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605162504/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/de21949226dd4b76b3bf0d5df3a0acb9|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget 89, 14 March 1989|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=14 March 1989 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2b210063a50241c69fffa29b690e7d2c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605162623/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2b210063a50241c69fffa29b690e7d2c|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget 89, 15 March 1989|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=15 March 1989 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b92cea1807914c18a2cace42ecd7d9fc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605162456/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b92cea1807914c18a2cace42ecd7d9fc|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget 89, 16 March 1989|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=16 March 1989 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ 1990s ! scope= "col" |Budget ! scope= "col" |Date ! scope= "col" |Chancellor ! colspan= "2" |Party ! scope= "col" |Date ! scope= "col" |Shadow Chancellor ! colspan= "2" |Party ! scope="col " |Date ! scope="col" |Spokesperson ! colspan="2" |Party ! scope="col" |Ref |- ! [[1990 United Kingdom budget|1990]] |20 March |[[John Major]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="8"| | rowspan= "8" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |21 March |rowspan="3"| [[John Smith, Baron Kirkhill|John Smith]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="8"| | rowspan= "8" |[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |22 March |rowspan="5"| [[Alan Beith]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats}}"; rowspan="11"| | rowspan= "11" |[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/143994bc54de448b9620ba4485734d50|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023161324/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/143994bc54de448b9620ba4485734d50|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 October 2014|title=Budget 1990, 20 March 1990|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=20 March 1990 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1174e43e419948fd854800c47879be22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023160043/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1174e43e419948fd854800c47879be22|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 October 2014|title=Budget 1990, 21 March 1990|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=21 March 1990 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d674260019ad4a38a0e07b7b16425d33|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605155317/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d674260019ad4a38a0e07b7b16425d33|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget 1990, 22 March 1990|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=15 March 1984 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1991 United Kingdom budget|1991]] |19 March |rowspan="3" |[[Norman Lamont]] |20 March |21 March |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f13ccc74bdd1479ca4987fb3986692c6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605191200/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f13ccc74bdd1479ca4987fb3986692c6|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget 1991, 19 March 1991|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=19 March 1991 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/60691ee5014d46f998e3f896c3ebcd8b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605192707/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/60691ee5014d46f998e3f896c3ebcd8b|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget 1991, 20 March 1991|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=20 March 1991 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cff451cbefcd4cebb6e45a68baece99c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605193016/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cff451cbefcd4cebb6e45a68baece99c|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=The Budget, 21 March 1991|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=21 March 1991 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1992 United Kingdom budget|1992]] |10 March |11 March |12 March |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a23c2d53c16f43d4a187d8522029fa0f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605193010/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a23c2d53c16f43d4a187d8522029fa0f|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget Broadcast, 10 March 1992|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=10 March 1992 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9ede0be2bd7a4584a6ffa11326d84941|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605192942/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9ede0be2bd7a4584a6ffa11326d84941|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 11 March 1992|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=11 March 1992 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f71cfb19c7ba4f799d0c919807d373c3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605192956/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f71cfb19c7ba4f799d0c919807d373c3|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 12 March 1992|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=12 March 1992 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[March 1993 United Kingdom budget|Mar 1993]] |16 March |17 March |rowspan="5"| [[Gordon Brown]] |18 March |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ea9ff7d7dbf64dec8beb26363b3158e8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020145536/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ea9ff7d7dbf64dec8beb26363b3158e8|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 October 2014|title=Budget Broadcast, 16 March 1993|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=16 March 1993 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/11e42d4bff2f401c9b9778a7f7583d3f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020145225/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/11e42d4bff2f401c9b9778a7f7583d3f|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 October 2014|title=Budget Broadcast, 17 March 1993|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=17 March 1993 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/bbd9a134d4a14520ad5991cc305bc077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020145601/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/bbd9a134d4a14520ad5991cc305bc077|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 October 2014|title=The Budget, 18 March 1993|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=18 March 1993 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[November 1993 United Kingdom budget|Nov 1993]] |30 November |rowspan="4"| [[Kenneth Clarke]] |1 December |2 December |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1356b97779e54ef19f2ab4dba2231026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020080608/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1356b97779e54ef19f2ab4dba2231026|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 October 2014|title=Budget Broadcast, 30 November 1993|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=30 November 1993 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/05dae84b66964cbf910fb1e17c53c736|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020081407/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/05dae84b66964cbf910fb1e17c53c736|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 October 2014|title=Budget Response, 1 December 1993|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=December 1993 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b8c568a5ab524e58b18a79ea707fae72|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020080149/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b8c568a5ab524e58b18a79ea707fae72|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 October 2014|title=Budget Response, 2 December 1993|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=2 December 1993 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1994 United Kingdom budget|1994]] |29 November |30 November |1 December |rowspan="6"| [[Malcolm Bruce]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d6b6e46bc24d4bda839ea052ec4f9f6b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605192715/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d6b6e46bc24d4bda839ea052ec4f9f6b|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget Broadcast, 29 November 1994|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=29 November 1994 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/bbd0c7d8475f4eb0a6d5396572a3b2bf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605193007/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/bbd0c7d8475f4eb0a6d5396572a3b2bf|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 30 November 1994|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=30 November 1994 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/22d333e0b8774f9ab56d083c6eaaeedb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605192802/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/22d333e0b8774f9ab56d083c6eaaeedb|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 1 December 1994|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=December 1994 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1995 United Kingdom budget|1995]] |28 November |29 November |30 November |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8912483b967842a5a49caa7ed0aa1e46|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605191156/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8912483b967842a5a49caa7ed0aa1e46|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=The Budget, 28 November 1995|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=28 November 1995 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/676de4bae8d740e9b8bdfe114f42156a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605191222/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/676de4bae8d740e9b8bdfe114f42156a|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=The Budget, 29 November 1995|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=29 November 1995 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d429ed2a04844f1da8967fc614f6cc61|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012173218/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d429ed2a04844f1da8967fc614f6cc61|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2020|title=The Budget, 30 November 1995|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=30 November 1995 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1996 United Kingdom budget|1996]] |26 November |27 November |28 November |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/65ed2e3718cb40098e4158f74215abe6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605192959/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/65ed2e3718cb40098e4158f74215abe6|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget Broadcast, 26 November 1996|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=26 November 1996 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/94c496511a29461aaa084e3df87665e1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605192701/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/94c496511a29461aaa084e3df87665e1|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 27 November 1996|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=27 November 1996 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dd975db4f03a4e20a770983f2076ff0e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605192710/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dd975db4f03a4e20a770983f2076ff0e|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 28 November 1996|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=28 November 1996 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1997 United Kingdom budget|1997]] |2 July |rowspan="3"| [[Gordon Brown]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="3"| | rowspan= "3" |[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |3 July |[[Michael Heseltine]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="3"| | rowspan= "3" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |4 July |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0dd194504e234b3393f40b6722ea43ec|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028210551/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0dd194504e234b3393f40b6722ea43ec|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 October 2014|title=Budget Broadcast, 2 July 1997|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=2 July 1997 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/35cd15bb99ab49208dd964a70eceb287|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028210927/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/35cd15bb99ab49208dd964a70eceb287|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 October 2014|title=Budget Response, 3 July 1997|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=3 July 1997 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/06be415dfa784a01a3014a31210b4e27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028210305/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/06be415dfa784a01a3014a31210b4e27|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 October 2014|title=Budget Response, 4 July 1997|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=4 July 1997 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1998 United Kingdom budget|1998]] |17 March |18 March |[[Peter Lilley]] |19 March |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ce1cca941b5847dbb87f67a1785131ae|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605163535/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ce1cca941b5847dbb87f67a1785131ae|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget Broadcast, 17 March 1998|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=15 March 1988 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/46abc1a1de4e4a2dbc8406485647fefc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605192709/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/46abc1a1de4e4a2dbc8406485647fefc|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 18 March 1998|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=18 March 1998 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/80d274ec1c7d4d5eb1b83a3da8b1aac4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605191156/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/80d274ec1c7d4d5eb1b83a3da8b1aac4|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 19 March 1998|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=19 March 1998 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[1999 United Kingdom budget|1999]] |9 March |10 March |[[Francis Maude]] |11 March |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1d1062396f2a44a6a063c4c671c36280|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605192924/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1d1062396f2a44a6a063c4c671c36280|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget Broadcast, 9 March 1999|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=9 March 1999 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/606b0569eacb46dab6e40bc43ae2a072|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605192951/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/606b0569eacb46dab6e40bc43ae2a072|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 10 March 1999|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=10 March 1999 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5ce20ce6f9544d97b0105210be8a88b5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605192850/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5ce20ce6f9544d97b0105210be8a88b5|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 11 March 1999|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=11 March 1999 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ 2000s ! scope= "col" |Budget ! scope= "col" |Date ! scope= "col" |Chancellor ! colspan= "2" |Party ! scope= "col" |Date ! scope= "col" |Shadow Chancellor ! colspan= "2" |Party ! scope="col " |Date ! scope="col" |Spokesperson ! colspan="2" |Party ! scope="col" |Ref |- ! [[2000 United Kingdom budget|2000]] |21 March |rowspan="8"| [[Gordon Brown]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="10"| | rowspan= "10" |[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |22 March |rowspan="2"| [[Michael Portillo]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="10"| | rowspan= "10" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |23 March |rowspan="4"| [[Matthew Taylor, Baron Taylor of Goss Moor|Matthew Taylor]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats}}"; rowspan="10"| | rowspan= "10" |[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/fd8156d0e48f408dad81cf2def633f19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608112346/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/fd8156d0e48f408dad81cf2def633f19|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=Budget Broadcast, 21 March 2000|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=21 March 2000 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b03416288d9a47f58a25525fe72669da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608110832/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b03416288d9a47f58a25525fe72669da|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 22 March 2000|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=22 March 2000 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5f764059268941f08333d2a756646897|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608112345/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5f764059268941f08333d2a756646897|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 23 March 2000|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=23 March 2000 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[2001 United Kingdom budget|2001]] |7 March |8 March |9 March |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/373857179fc94cd0a162763a343a1dac|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608112342/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/373857179fc94cd0a162763a343a1dac|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=Budget Broadcast by the Chancellor, 7 March 2001|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=7 March 2001 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/43387d8a022f437ba203ff8817933aa4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608112343/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/43387d8a022f437ba203ff8817933aa4|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=Budget Response by the Conservative Party, 8 March 2001|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=8 March 2001 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9100fb50fd9049f4bd3f8111f82a2cc1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012141221/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9100fb50fd9049f4bd3f8111f82a2cc1|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2020|title=Budget Response by the Liberal Democrats, 9 March 2001|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=9 March 2001 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[2002 United Kingdom budget|2002]] |17 April |18 April |rowspan="2"|[[Michael Howard]] |19 April |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c90577eee9f345fe9f6e9b5f2640eae6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608112339/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c90577eee9f345fe9f6e9b5f2640eae6|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=Budget Statement, 17 April 2002|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=17 April 2002 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/34cf50e93618421ba213bd4c27a65618|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608112346/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/34cf50e93618421ba213bd4c27a65618|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 18 April 2002|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=18 April 2002 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/846f01b7397b4b2299b0b8c2f6370881|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608110833/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/846f01b7397b4b2299b0b8c2f6370881|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 19 April 1992|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=19 April 2002 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[2003 United Kingdom budget|2003]] |9 April |10 April |11 April |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7b514a74d8134079be6567fffa01070e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608112343/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7b514a74d8134079be6567fffa01070e|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=BBC News, 9 April 2003|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=9 April 2003 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/70e50801201340c39fa038a732869852|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608112340/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/70e50801201340c39fa038a732869852|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=Budget Broadcast, 10 April 2003|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=10 April 2003 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/83e23075bfb34c18a62a3451eb73fcee|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608112344/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/83e23075bfb34c18a62a3451eb73fcee|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=The Budget, 11 April 2003|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=11 April 2003 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[2004 United Kingdom budget|2004]] |17 March |18 March |rowspan="2"|[[Oliver Letwin]] |19 March |rowspan="6"|[[Vince Cable]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1e4a9807bd9545b99308201d7e8fdb5a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608110834/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1e4a9807bd9545b99308201d7e8fdb5a|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=BBC News, 17 March 2004|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=17 March 2004 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ebbac770345449298191f8a0e705c899|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608112337/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ebbac770345449298191f8a0e705c899|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=BBC News, 18 March 2004|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=18 March 2004 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c4c34e66d05e482195e0bf54bc8a44d9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608112341/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c4c34e66d05e482195e0bf54bc8a44d9|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 19 March 2004|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=19 March 2004 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[2005 United Kingdom budget|2005]] |16 March |17 March |18 March |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/21ef884334ec49a1beb6be3a3d05d675|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608112337/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/21ef884334ec49a1beb6be3a3d05d675|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=BBC News, 16 March 2005|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=16 March 2005 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/270d8d2e12df4e0f897d1d32cdb1ad08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608110835/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/270d8d2e12df4e0f897d1d32cdb1ad08|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=BBC News, 17 March 2005|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=17 March 2005 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c88f0d29e84d48ec8a76be6918cc2871|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608112339/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c88f0d29e84d48ec8a76be6918cc2871|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=BBC News, 18 March 2005|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=18 March 2005 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[2006 United Kingdom budget|2006]] |22 March |23 March |rowspan="4"|[[George Osborne]] |24 March |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b926e97c3b0b42fba0a21a5283126090|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608112339/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/b926e97c3b0b42fba0a21a5283126090|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=Budget Statement, 22 March 2006|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=22 March 2006 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/824b53cefdfc4d83a00e111d15fe9bdb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608110831/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/824b53cefdfc4d83a00e111d15fe9bdb|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 23 March 2006|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=23 March 2006 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/31cb610056dd487fbf154745915c1ead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608110831/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/31cb610056dd487fbf154745915c1ead|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 24 March 2006|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=24 March 2006 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[2007 United Kingdom budget|2007]] |21 March |22 March |23 March |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/76ea7efc26cb4a98b7171b955fc1a571|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608112339/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/76ea7efc26cb4a98b7171b955fc1a571|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=Budget Broadcast, 21 March 2007|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=21 March 2007 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/16ce41b508794639aefc3bfefbdd6748|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608112341/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/16ce41b508794639aefc3bfefbdd6748|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 22 March 1997|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=22 March 2007 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/170764fd6f654c799ad1c61ee9fc4ab4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608112342/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/170764fd6f654c799ad1c61ee9fc4ab4|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 22 March 2007|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=23 March 2007 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[2008 United Kingdom budget|2008]] |12 March |rowspan="2"|[[Alistair Darling]] |13 March |14 March |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5ad87f4ee0874168bf406b2f94f85aaf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022115156/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5ad87f4ee0874168bf406b2f94f85aaf|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 October 2014|title=Budget Statement, 12 March 2008|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=12 March 2008 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5f51a83b0e6f4087a91c1617d18101dd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022120008/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5f51a83b0e6f4087a91c1617d18101dd|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 October 2014|title=Budget Response, 13 March 2008|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=13 March 2008 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0c21dd0344f44aa5977d54d10462f3da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022121509/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0c21dd0344f44aa5977d54d10462f3da|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 October 2014|title=Budget Response, 14 March 2008|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=14 March 2008 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[2009 United Kingdom budget|2009]] |22 April |23 April |24 April |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/13c1be466ce84af4998fa51e301e4815|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608110833/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/13c1be466ce84af4998fa51e301e4815|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=Budget Statement, 22 April 2009|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=22 April 2009 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8cea05b28ff7437da977238a18db67e8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608110832/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8cea05b28ff7437da977238a18db67e8|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 23 April 2009|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=23 April 2009 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d2a395d3a9d64eaab51a15c925d38593|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608112340/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d2a395d3a9d64eaab51a15c925d38593|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2020|title=Budget Response, 24 April 2009|website=[[BBC Genome Project]]|date=24 April 2009 |access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref> |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ 2010s ! scope= "col" |Budget ! scope= "col" |Date ! scope= "col" |Chancellor ! colspan= "2" |Party ! scope= "col" |Date ! scope= "col" |Shadow Chancellor ! colspan= "2" |Party ! scope="col " |Date ! scope="col" |Spokesperson ! colspan="2" |Party ! scope="col" |Ref |- ! [[March 2010 United Kingdom budget|March 2010]] |24 March || [[Alistair Darling]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="1"| ||[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] |25 March || [[George Osborne]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="1"| ||[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |26 March || [[Vince Cable]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats}}"; rowspan="1"| ||[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rqm4l|title=Budget Statement by the Chancellor|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rqm5g|title=Budget Statement by the Shadow Chancellor|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rqm6k|title=Budget Statement by the Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesman|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[June 2010 United Kingdom budget|June 2010]] |22 June |rowspan="2"| [[George Osborne]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="2"| | rowspan= "2" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |23 June || [[Alistair Darling]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"; rowspan="2"| | rowspan= "2" |[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] | rowspan="2"; colspan="4"|The Liberal Democrats served in the [[Cameron-Clegg coalition|coalition government]],<br /> and did not broadcast a response to the budget during<br /> their time in office. |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sy8cp|title=Budget Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer|website=[[BBC Programmes]]|access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00stwpj|title=Budget Response by the Shadow Chancellor|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref> |- ! [[2011 United Kingdom budget|2011]] |23 March |23 March ||[[Ed Balls]] |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zw3jv|title=Budget Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zw3m1|title=Budget Response by the Shadow Chancellor|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref> |}
=== Aftermath === The [[Finance Bill]] proper is only itself presented to Parliament some time after Budget Day, and is debated for days or even weeks afterwards. It is common for the bill to be passed, becoming the [[Finance Act]], some time in late July. The Act back-dates its provisions, so that they take effect either from Budget Day itself or from the start of the fiscal year.<ref>{{cite book|title=Tax Reform and the Cost of Capital|url=https://archive.org/details/taxreformcostofc00jorg|url-access=registration|editor=Dale Weldeau Jorgenson and Ralph Landau|author=Mervyn A. King and Mark H. Robson|pages=[https://archive.org/details/taxreformcostofc00jorg/page/300 300]|chapter=United Kingdom|publisher=Brookings Institution Press|year=1993|isbn=0-8157-4715-2}}</ref>
== Ireland == In Ireland, Budget Day is the annual statement to the [[Dáil]] by the [[Minister for Finance (Ireland)|Minister for Finance]], made in the first week of December. It sets out the budgetary targets for the following year and consists of (i) a Financial Statement to the Dáil, (ii) Budgetary Measures (a list of budgetary changes detailing the cost/yield of same), (iii) Budget Statistics and Tables and (iv) various financial resolutions.{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}}
The day itself is very similar to Budget Day in the United Kingdom. In the early afternoon, the Minister for Finance will normally hold a photocall in the car park of [[Leinster House]], with the traditional ''budget briefcase'' (in recent years, a [[floppy disk]] or [[CD-ROM]] purportedly containing the contents of the Budget speech has often been used instead). At 15:45, the Minister for Finance presents the budget speech in [[Dáil Éireann]]. The speech, which lasts approximately one hour, is normally carried live on [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]] radio and television. The speech contains the main taxation and other fiscal measures to be employed over the next calendar year. The [[Opposition Front Bench]] spokesperson on Finance normally replies to the Budget speech first, followed by the spokespersons on finance of other opposition parties. A vote on [[Confidence and supply#Supply|supply]] normally takes place before midnight on the night of the budget, with changes to [[excise]] duties on alcohol, tobacco, and petrol taking place from midnight. Most other measures are spelt out in greater detail in the [[Finance Bill]] which is introduced in the [[Oireachtas]] following the budget, eventually becoming the [[Finance Act]].
== Netherlands == [[File:Onno Ruding 1983.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Minister of Finance]] [[Onno Ruding]] carrying the budget briefcase, Prinsjedag 1983]]
In the Netherlands, the presentation of the budget is made on the same day as when the monarch gives the [[speech from the throne]]; this is held on the third Tuesday of September, which is called [[Prinsjesdag]] (Little Princes' Day). After the monarch gives the speech from the throne, announcing the government's agenda for the coming year, the National Budget and the Budget Memorandum are presented later that day to the House of Representatives and are brought in a ceremonial briefcase by the minister of finance.<ref>{{cite web|title=Budget Day (Prince's Day) – Budget – Government.nl|url=https://www.government.nl/topics/budget-day/contents/budget-day|website=government.nl|access-date=23 June 2017}}</ref> This briefcase tradition was introduced in 1947 by [[Piet Lieftinck]] in imitation of the British tradition.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Budget Day (Prince's Day) – Budget – Government.nl|url=https://www.government.nl/topics/budget-day/contents/budget-day/history-of-budget-day|website=government.nl|access-date=23 June 2017}}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
== Sweden == {{see also|Budgetpromenaden}} ''Budgetpromenaden'', or the budget walk, is a traditional biannual procession when the Swedish finance minister walk with a copy of the budget bill from the Ministry of Finance to the Riksdag (the parliament), a distance of 400 metres (440 yd).
== Hong Kong == {{expand section|date=March 2013}} In Hong Kong the Financial Secretary introduces the [[appropriations bill]] for first reading a few weeks before the beginning of a fiscal year on 1 April, with a speech to move the motion for first reading of the bill. In 2002 the tradition for the [[Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury|Secretary for the Treasury]] to deliver a spending announcement was abolished. The budget day typically falls on a Wednesday in early March, but since 2000 it has been moved to a Wednesday in late February. A resolution for temporary appropriations is usually moved, since the third reading of the appropriations bill usually takes place after 1 April.
== India == The [[Union Budget of India]], referred to as the Annual Financial Statement<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/welcome.html |title=Constitution of India – with all the Amendments |access-date=21 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223171017/http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/welcome.html |archive-date=23 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in Article 112 of the [[Constitution of India]], is the annual budget of the [[Republic of India]], presented each year on the very first day of February by the [[Finance Minister of India]] in [[Parliament of India|Parliament]]. The budget, which is presented by means of the Finance Bill and the Appropriation bill has to be passed by the House before it can come into effect on 1 April, the start of India's [[financial year]].
===Pre-liberalisation=== The first Union budget of independent India was presented by [[R. K. Shanmukham Chetty]] on 26 November 1947.<ref name="hindu_history"> {{cite news|access-date=22 February 2008|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200802221741.htm|title=Chidambaram to present his 7th Budget on Feb. 29|date=22 February 2008|work=The Hindu|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>
The Union budgets for the [[fiscal year]]s 1959–61 to 1963–64, inclusive of the interim budget for 1962–63, were presented by [[Morarji Desai]].<ref name="hindu_history"/> On 29 February in 1964 and 1968, he became the only finance minister to present the Union budget on his birthday.<ref name="PIB_history"> {{cite news|access-date=22 February 2008|url=http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2003/ffeb2003/f240220031.html|title=The Central Budgets in retrospect|date=24 February 2003|work=Press Information Bureau, Government of India}}</ref> Vyas presented budgets that included five annual budgets, an interim budget during his first stint and one interim budget and three final budgets in his second tenure when he was both the Finance Minister and [[Deputy Prime Minister of India]].<ref name="hindu_history"/>
After Desai's resignation, [[Indira Gandhi]], the then [[Prime Minister of India]], took over the Ministry of Finance to become the first woman to hold the post of the finance minister.<ref name="hindu_history"/>
[[Pranab Mukherjee]], the first [[Rajya Sabha]] member to hold the Finance portfolio, presented the annual budgets for 1982–83, 1983–84 and 1984–85.<ref name="hindu_history"/>
[[Rajiv Gandhi]] presented the budget for 1987–89 after [[V P Singh]] quit his government, and in the process became only the third Prime Minister to present a budget after his mother and grandfather.<ref name="hindu_history"/>
N. D. Tiwary presented the budget for 1988–89, S B Chavan for 1989–90, while Madhu Dandawate presented the Union budget for 1990–91.<ref name="hindu_history"/>
[[Manmohan Singh]] became the Finance Minister but presented the interim budget for 1991–92 as elections were forced.<ref name="hindu_history"/>
Due to political developments, early elections were held in May 1991 following which the [[Indian National Congress]] returned to political power and Singh, the Finance Minister, presented the budget for 1991–92.<ref name="hindu_history"/>
===Post-liberalisation=== Manmohan Singh, in his next annual budgets from 1992 to 1993, opened the economy,<ref name="economyopen"> {{cite news|access-date=22 February 2008|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2004/may/20man2.htm|title=Meet Manmohan Singh, the economist|date=20 May 2004|work=Rediff.com}}</ref> encouraged foreign investments and reduced peak import duty from 300 plus per cent to 50 per cent.<ref name="hindu_history"/>
After elections in 1996, a non-Congress ministry assumed office. Hence the final budget for 1996–97 was presented by [[P. Chidambaram]], who then belonged to [[Tamil Maanila Congress]].<ref name="hindu_history"/>
Following a [[constitutional crisis]] when the [[I. K. Gujral]] Ministry was on its way out, a special session of Parliament was convened just to pass Chidambaram's 1997–98 budget. This budget was passed without a debate.<ref name="hindu_history"/>
After the general elections in March 1998 that led to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] forming the central government, [[Yashwant Sinha]], the then Finance Minister in this government, presented the interim and final budgets for 1998–99.<ref name="hindu_history"/>
After general elections in 1999, Sinha again became the finance minister and presented four annual budgets from 1999 to 2000 to 2002–2003.<ref name="hindu_history"/> Due to elections in May 2004, an interim budget was presented by [[Jaswant Singh]].<ref name="hindu_history"/>
===Time of budget announcement=== Until the year 2000, the Union Budget was announced at 5 pm on the last working day of the month of February. This practice was inherited from the Colonial Era when the British Parliament would pass the budget in the noon followed by India in the evening of the day. It was done because of the time difference between the two nations. When there is evening in India, Britain experiences morning. Therefore, the colonial government announced in the afternoon. By the time, it would be 28 or 29 February, UK would date 1 March.
It was Mr.[[Yashwant Sinha]], the then Finance Minister of India in the NDA government (led by BJP) of [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], who changed the ritual by announcing the 2001 Union Budget at 11 am.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=8 March 2009|url=http://hindu.com/thehindu/2001/03/17/stories/13171101.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720164837/http://hindu.com/thehindu/2001/03/17/stories/13171101.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 July 2011|title=Budget with a difference|date=17 March 2001|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>
===Date of budget announcement=== Until the year 2016, the Union Budget was presented in the Lok Sabha on the last working day of February.
It was Mr. [[Arun Jaitley]], the Minister of Finance in the BJP led NDA Government under the Prime Ministership of Mr. [[Narendra Modi]], who changed the date of the Annual Budget of 2017 to the first working day of February.
Additionally, the Railway Budget was also merged with the General Budget after 92 years in 2017. <ref>{{cite news|access-date=24 March 2017|url=https://www.Firstpost.com|title=Union Budget 2017 on 1 Feb: End of a colonial hangover for speedy implementation of schemes|date=16 November 2016|work=Firstpost}}</ref>
== United States == The United States does not have a Budget Day.<ref>{{cite book|title=The World's Work ...: A History of Our Time|author=Walter Hines Page and Arthur Wilson Page|publisher=Doubleday, Page & Co.|year=1916|location=New York|pages=190}}</ref> Instead the legislation that establishes the federal government's budget originates in the [[United States Congress|Congress]],<ref>U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Sections 7–8.</ref> although the executive branch traditionally makes a proposal in advance.
== Footnotes == * {{note|dispatch box|N1}} Famously, on one occasion the budget box of [[Norman Lamont]] (Chancellor 1990–1993) did not contain the speech. That was carried in a plastic bag held by his then [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]], [[William Hague]]. The budget box contained a bottle of Highland Park whisky.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk./1/hi/uk_politics/222610.stm|date=26 November 1998|title=What was in Norman Lamont's Budget box?|work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>
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== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090423040913/http://budget.treasury.gov.uk/ Budget microsite on HM Treasury website]
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