By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent
George Osborne is odds on to be delivering his last Budget today.
Ladbrokes make it ‘Evens’ that a different Chancellor will be in charge of the famous red box next year with rumours suggesting Osborne might be moving to the Foreign Office if the Tories manage to hold on to power after May’s general election.
Meanwhile, punters have been latching on to some of the special bets being offered on the speech. “Two Kitchens” is 10/1 to get a mention and “Labour’s Economic Mess” at 6/1 is also proving a popular choice. A blue tie at Evens is being backed by shrewd observers of the Chancellor’s wardrobe.
Matthew Shaddick of Ladbrokes said: “If the Chancellor wants to arrange a pre budget giveaway, he just needs to stick a blue tie on. That would undoubtedly see a major redistribution of income from our pockets to those of Ladbrokes’ customers.”
Will George Osborne deliver the 2016 Budget?
8/11 No
Evens Yes
Budget Buzzword Bingo
Which of these exact words or phrases will the Chancellor say?
1/20 Long Term Economic Plan
1/10 Beer
1/4 Election
Evs Hard Working Families
6/4 Tough Decisions
7/4 Finish The Job
2/1 Hard Choices
2/1 Immigration
4/1 Competence Not Chaos
4/1 We’re All In This Together
5/1 Striving To Get On
6/1 Labour’s Economic Mess
8/1 Twitter
8/1 Magic Money Tree
10/1 Two Kitchens
12/1 Alex Salmond
20/1 I Believe in Britain
33/1 Pre-election Giveaway
66/1 Omnishambles
Colour of Chancellor’s Tie
Evens Blue
3/1 Purple
4/1 Green
6/1 Grey
10/1 Red
12/1 Brown
16/1 Yellow
20/1 Orange
20/1 Black
33/1 White
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