An increase for the third year in a row to the personal income tax allowance, which goes up £750 to £14,000, lifting 1,550 people out of the tax net. Taxpayers will be up to £150 better off.

Introduction of a National Insurance holiday scheme for employees who move to the island and Manx students who return to work after completing their UK university courses.

Most benefits to rise by 2.4% but Child Benefit goes up 5%, building on last year’s increase of 3.3%;

Employed Person’s Allowance (up 2.9%); Maternity Payments (up 20%); basic state pension (up 2.6%); extra £50 on the winter bonus and Disability Living Allowance (up 3.4%).

New Manx State Pension to be introduced from April 2019 at £184.15 per week.

An additional £3m for Health and Social Care services, and extra £3m for Home Affairs, mainly within policing, £2.2m more for Infrastructure and £1.5m for Education, Sport and Culture.

A five-year capital investment programme of £479m, including for the Douglas promenade walkway, facilitation works to develop a new ferry terminal in Liverpool and an initiative to support the development of Jurby, a new telecoms strategy and a new landfill facility for problem waste.

Revision to the Enterprise Development Scheme to open it to a wider range of applicants. A total of £9m will be available to focus on job creation and strengthen the requirement for co-investment.

Funds of £2m set aside from the Economic Development Fund to develop the Airport Technology Gateway which will see the creation of a high quality landscaped business park at the airport.

Funds of £1.5m ring-fenced for a revised student awards scheme to support people to return to the island after their studies.

Sugar tax to be introduced from April this year expected to raise around £300,000, which will be ring-fenced to be used by the Department of Health and Social Care.

Agriculture and Forestry Fund to be topped up with £1m per year for three years to support the operation of the Meat Plant if required.

Extra funding of £350k in 2019/20 (with additional funding in future years) made available to the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture to deliver a modified Agriculture Development Scheme with increased emphasis on environmental priorities, sustainable food production and increased investment in modern infrastructure.

New Community Fund to be established to match-fund community projects which support our UNESCO biosphere status. The £250,000 fund will be managed by the Manx Lottery Trust.

A top up of £1m for the Brexit Fund to £2.5m, for the continued negotiations arising from the UK’s departure from the EU.