A £200m fund for local authorities to tackle potholes forms part of the Budget announcement.

Chancellor George Osbourne said local authorities will be able to apply for funding to improve roads in their areas.

It comes after Kirklees Council cut £1.4m from its road repair funding due to budget pressures.

Other key Budget announcements include:

Point at which people start paying income tax will be raised to £10,500.

Fuel duty rise planned for September will not happen.

Tobacco duty to rise by 2% above inflation.

Beer duty cut by 1p a pint.

Fuel VAT removed for Air Ambulances. Yorkshire Air Ambulance said: "We're absolutely delighted to hear that the Chancellor is going to relieve the VAT we currently pay on our fuel."

For savers, cash and shares ISAs will be merged into single New ISA with annual tax-free savings limit of £15,000 from 1 July.

The Chancellor George Osbourne has waived inheritance tax if emergency service staff die in line of duty.

Fixed Odds Betting Terminal will have their duty hiked by 25%, something that is likely to be welcomed by Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman who has previously complained about the terminals. Click here to read that story

And a 12-sided £1 coin to be introduced in 2017 to combat counterfeit coins - around one in 30 £1 coins are said to be counterfeit.

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