As Benjamin Franklin said: “Nothing can be certain except death and taxes” but thanks to the actions of this Government at least some taxes are starting to fall.

Our first priority has been to help people keep more of their own money so we can feel more financially secure and that’s why, from this Sunday night, the personal tax allowance will rise again to £10,000 which will deliver a tax cut for more than 26 million people and lift another 200,000 people out of paying income tax altogether.

This means that the average taxpayer will now be paying £705 less in income tax each year compared to when we came to office and more than three million of the lowest paid people will have been taken out of tax.

The second big focus has been on cutting tax for businesses so companies can grow and employ more people and this week corporation tax was cut by two per cent to 21 per cent.

It has fallen from 28 per cent in 2010 and will fall further to 20 per cent in April 2015, making it the lowest corporation tax rate in the G7.

Taxes on business investment were virtually abolished for most businesses in the Budget with immediate effect – the annual investment allowance has been extended and now doubled to £500,000 and this means 99.8 per cent of businesses could pay no investment tax at all.

We have also taken action to reform the business rates that can strangle local enterprise with an annual cap on rate increases of two per cent, plus very welcome targeted help for our High Streets in the form of a £1,000 discount for retail properties.

All of this is only possible because the Government has stuck to the long-term economic plan which is building a more resilient economy for the future, and a more financially secure future for people across the country.

With this good news and the Wiltshire sunshine, there was a spring in my step when I went to visit Burbage Primary School last week for a packed question time with their dynamic Year 6 and also on Saturday morning when I had the great pleasure of meeting pupils and parents at St Barnabas Pre-school.

I judged Easter bonnets, cut ribbons and admired artwork and then I was asked if I would paint my own picture for their collection!

As I never progressed beyond stick people in art, my efforts were pitiful but I enjoyed splashing some paint around with the little ones and made up for it with a very big signature.