The Budgetron - what would you do?

If you were the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what would you do instead? Move the sliders up and down to shift the balance of income and expenditure, and decide by how much you would cut or increase the deficit. As of the 2014 Budget, the deficit of expenditure over income was 11.4%.

(To make fine-tuned adjustments, select a slider and use the up and down arrow keys on your keyboard)

Please note - this page is still under development so some bits are still not quite working properly. In due course you'll be able to submit your own ideas to the database to build up an average picture of public opinion.

Income

Average annual salaries - Basic rate: £, Higher rate: £, Additional rate: £
Average tax paid - Basic rate: £, Higher rate: £, Additional rate: £
VAT rate: %
Total income:
Budget deficit: (met by government borrowing)

National Insurance

Income Tax - basic

Income Tax - higher

Income Tax - additional

Savings Tax

VAT

Corporation Tax

Business Rates

Excise Duties

Council Tax

Other

Expenditure

Total expenditure:
Budget deficit:

Other benefits

Unemployment benefits

Health

Allowances

Pensions

Education

Debt interest

Pension tax reliefs

Implicit bank subsidies

Defence

Police

Transport

Other

Culture and sport

Housing sales tax relief

Savings and investment reliefs

Industry and employment

Environment

Admin

Housing

Overseas aid

Agriculture

VAT exemptions

Fire

Sources: Expenditure - Tax Research blog, Income - Guardian Datablog, Tax - www.gov.uk - based on 2014 Budget.

This is of course an oversimplification of the decisions the Chancellor has to make every year, missing out the nuances of the difference between a penny off a pint of beer and a pound on car tax, and would not show the impact of increasing spending on defence or reducing spending on benefits, but it gives users a general idea.