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Increase
lower
threshold
before
paying tax
to £10,800
Increase
bank
levy to
0.21%
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Increase
funds to
charities
supporting
repairs of
church
roofs
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Reduce
tax on
cigarettes
Abolish
annual
tax return
date
Allow first
£1000 of
savings to
be tax free
in interest
earnings
Increase tax
on
investment
on driverless
cars
Increased
duty of a
bottle of
Scotch
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Tax
allowance
for firms
investing in
research for
North Sea Oil
and Gas
Increase on
taxes
drawn from
Transport
for London
£1m to
support
celebrations
of the 600th
anniversary
of the Battle
of Agincourt
Fuel duty
increase to
be levied in
September
Reduction in
National
Insurance
contributions
for the Self
Employed
Increase
threshold
before higher
earners have
to pay 40% tax
to £43,300
Which of these are genuine
measures introduced by George
Osborne during the 2015 budget?
Teacher’s instructions
The objective of this activity is to discover
how well your students have listened or read
up on the Budget set out by George Osborne
on the 18th March 2015.
The activity should last about 10 minutes.
You can use the resource in two ways:
Teaching method 1
Separate your class into two teams (or create
two teams from within the class).
The winning team is the team who identifies
the most correct answers. Ask team 1 to
choose one of the doors first and check to see
if their answer is correct by clicking on the
door.
A correct answer shows Osborne holding his
red box aloft. An incorrect answer shows
Osborne entirely in red.
Ask team 2 to take the next choice. Continue
from one team to another until all 9 correct
answers are found. Make a note of how many
correct answers are found by each team.
Teaching method 2
Give everyone in the class 5 minutes to look
at all of the policies on the doors . They must
write down those that they think are actual
policies introduced in the Budget.
After 5 minutes go through the answers to
see how many they correctly identified.
Notes on ‘incorrect’ answers:
Reduction in tax on cigarettes – The
Chancellor announced that there were
no further increases in duty on
cigarettes.
Increase tax on investment on
driverless cars – the opposite is true.
The Chancellor announced a £100m
investment to support firms developing
driverless cars.
Increased duty of a bottle of
Scotch – the opposite is true! There is
a decrease in duty on Scotch
Increase on taxes drawn from
Transport for London – the opposite
is true. The Chancellor is increasing
funds to support Transport for London.
Whilst much of the Budget centred
around the development of the
Northern Powerhouse, he also wants to
support the development of London as
a major global city.
Fuel duty increase to be levied in
September – the planned increase in
duty for September has been scrapped.