Pre-Budget Report...or is it a 'Mini Budget'

As to be expected there is wide coverage of the details of Alistair Darling's statement to the Commons. BBC News offers its usual broad coverage with some analysis and reaction. The details of the measures are summarised in the following link. (Pre-Budget details: at a glance) Much more analysis in the FT (Details plus short video analysis) and a more detailed analysis (Link) Jonathan Freeland in The Guardian narates a short video comparing the UK package with that announced by Barack Obama. (Link)