The headlines on this week’s Budget.

*An increase to the personal income tax allowance of £750 to £13,250, lifting 1,700 people out of the tax net.

*Taxpayers will be up to £150 better off, or up to £300 better off for a married couple.

*Child Benefit to rise by 3.3%, building on last year which saw the first increase in Child Benefit payments for seven years.

*An additional £5.5m for Health and Social Care services.

*An extension to tax relief on nursing expenses to include physiotherapy.

*A five-year capital investment programme of £428 million, including a replacement Castle Rushen High School, an extension to QEII’s Science and Technology block and a national glens and footpaths improvement programme.

*Continuation of the £50m Enterprise Development Fund and a £4.2m business support package to aid economic growth.

*A further 10% increase in the rate of the nursing care contribution.

*The introduction of new pension freedoms

*Continuation of 1% cap on the budget for Government staff pay awards for 2018-19, rising to 2% from 2019-20 allocated on the basis of need

*Basic state pension to rise by 3%.

*A range of other benefits to increase by 3.3%.

*A top-up of £1m for the Brexit Fund, for the continued negotiations arising from the UK’s departure from the EU.

*The benefit in kind incentive to encourage cycling to work to be extended to include electric bikes.