Profile: The student
Name, age, address:
Graeme Carmichael, 20, from Boquhan, Stirlingshire.
Occupation:
Second-year student in economics at the University of Glasgow. He also has a part-time job with an insurance company.
Family status:
Single.
Housing:
Lives in a privately rented flat with his twin brother in Kinning Park, Glasgow. Pays £200 a month for rent.
Family income:
He earns £100 a week from a part-time job dealing with car insurance renewals. He has also taken out a £4000 student loan for the year.
Highlights of Budget 2007:
"Gordon Brown was largely supportive of the green measures, including investment to save the rainforest in Africa and a rise in landfill tax to encourage the development of alternatives. The environmental measures are good, especially for my generation as it is our responsibility to take it all forward." Mr Carmichael welcomed plans to lower the basic rate of income tax by 2p. He said: "Money is going to be tight for the first few years when I leave university, so any decrease in tax is good."
Lowlights of Budget 2007:
Mr Carmichael drinks spirits and beer, so will be affected by the 1p rise in the price of the latter. But he added: "It has not increased by too much so it's not a major concern."
He does not own his own car but said: "Putting fuel duty up is going to affect 99% of people. It is going to make them more angry rather than making them think about using their cars."
Political effect - has it changed voting intention:
He votes SNP and said the Budget would not impact on his voting pattern.
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