Paul Nowak column: ‘Britain needs a living standards Budget’
£14,000. That’s how much extra households have paid in mortgage, energy, loan, and water bills since 2021. From…
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We need a UK Youth Guarantee
Amidst the obsession with EU budget battles you’d be forgiven for not noticing the announcement by the European…
An awful set of front pages for the Chancellor
If the Tories thought the Autumn Statement would get an easier ride in the press than usual post-Leveson,…
George Osborne claims he is targeting the work-shy and benefit scroungers, but it’s just not true
Yesterday we saw the full scale of David Cameron and George Osborne’s economic failure. And we also found…
Labour criticises Osborne’s “Mummy Tax” small print as maternity pay is cut
There’s always something hidden away in Osborne’s announcements. Today’s Autumn Statement seems to have had several already, but…
Another statement, another set of figures revised in the wrong direction
One stood out for me above the rest. The Office for Budget Responsibility now says that growth this…
The Tories and the Lib Dems are now divorced – whatever they’re saying in public
Today’s Autumn Statement will come to be seen as a disastrous piece of work, once the dust has…
It’s official – The poorest will get poorer as a result of the Autumn Statement
On a day like today it can be hard to cut through the spin around the Autumn Statement.…
The curious case of the Chancellor, the 4G sale and government borrowing
George Osborne seemed very pleased with himself today, as he suggested that borrowing is forecast to fall. And…
How the government’s 2012 growth forecasts have slumped disastrously
George Osborne has revealed in the Autumn Statement that the OBR now believes that growth in 2012 will…
PMQs Verdict: This was the prawn cocktail PMQs – but the unpleasant main course is still to come
The PMQs before a major statement is always a little bit pointless. Today’s was better than most, but…
