We started with a black hole, which led to the threat of income tax rises, then they were dropped and so we waited for.... the OBR to leak the lot before the Chancellor even had the chance to pick up the sticks and start the drumroll.

So however we heard the details, did North East businesses like the look off on Rachel's smorgasbord and what was going straight in the bin?

Simon Bailes, Managing Director of Simon Bailes Peugeot wasn't happy with what he heard, saying: "The Winter Budget leaves us questioning what the government truly wants.

Simon Bailes (Image: Sarah Caldecott)

"On one hand, retailers are under pressure to meet strict electric vehicle-to-internal combustion engine sales ratios, yet on the other, measures like the new pay-per-mile tax make electric vehicles less appeal

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