Maternity pay will be increased from £60 to £75 next year and then up to £100 in 2003.
From June, the child care tax credit will pay up to 70 per cent of child care costs -- instead of £100 a week as at the moment.
Statutory obligation to maternity pay will be raised from 18 weeks to 26 weeks.
Children's tax credit be paid at £10 a week.
Winter allowance, the Christmas bonus and free TV licence for the over 75s will be retained.
A 6p increase on a pack of 20 cigarettes.
Duty frozen on wine, beer and whisky.
Minimum wage to be increased to £4.10 an hour from £3.70.
Vehicle and fuel duty
petrol tax cut by 2p a litre for unleaded petrol until June.
Vehicle excise duty abolished for all tractors.
Seventy per cent of all newly purchased cars will get a reduced licence fee -- applies to engines under 1.5 litres.
In total, £1bn to hospitals and £1bn to schools over three years.
Headteachers of every secondary school will receive for the smaller schools £68,000 and larger schools £115,000.
£135m fund for recruitment of front line staff for the NHS.
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