Osborne may have stolen Labour’s rhetoric on non-doms, but his proposals are seriously flawed
The Tories are starting to make a habit of stealing Labour’s tax clothing. First, came Labour’s proposals for…
Budget 2015
“He says he stands up for working people. What he does makes them worse off.” – Full text of Harriet Harman’s Budget response
The Chancellor is said to be liberated without the ties of coalition holding him back. Mr Deputy Speaker,…
Voters strongly oppose cuts to welfare and top rate of tax
A majority of people oppose the Tories plans to slash the welfare budget by £12 billion and reduce…
Chris Leslie to Osborne: Labour will support your Budget – if you meet these challenges
Shadow Chancellor Chris Leslie has today set out three challenges for George Osborne to meet in his Budget…
George Osborne has shown Labour that they don’t need to make cuts and slash the deficit
Labour has been hamstrung by George Osborne. The general election seems to be a choice between Tory cuts…
Budget bounce? Polls show no clear boost for Tories
Opinion polling shows there has been no clear “Budget bounce” boost for the Tory Party, following Osborne’s economic…
Labour’s fiscal targets mean cuts could end next year
Labour’s plans for deficit reduction could mean that spending cuts finish by 2016 – just as the Tories’…
Labour attention turns as Alexander delivers ‘Lib Dem Budget’
Danny Alexander, the Lib Dem Chief Secretary to the Treasury and George Osborne’s right hand man, will today…
The worst thing about the Budget? The tax cuts
My plan for this week’s column was “pick something you hate about the Budget and write about it.” Lamentably…
After today, it is still all to play for
Today has long been a day Labour supporters have been anxious about: the last Budget before the General…
