It might be one of the longest trailed budgets in recent memory but the chancellor's announcements barely raised a whimper in one Shropshire town.

While the run-up to the budget has been packed with 'will-she won't--she discussion', and a host of leaked proposals that might or might not come to pass, the actual announcement was met with apathy from residents on the streets of Shifnal .

The overall feeling was one of doom and gloom at the state of the country and the economy, with most people having paid little or no attention to the chancellor's announcements .

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