The EU Budget explained
We are hearing a lot at the moment about the EU Budget and the wrangling surrounding it. I thought…
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The EU Budget: a tool for investment in jobs and growth
The EU budget never fails to attract the attention of the UK press. This week’s proposal for a…
We don’t want to all be in it together
Nearly two weeks on and the Budget is still niggling. George Osborne doesn’t just walk out into the political…
There is no budget bounce…yet
Oh dear, oh dear. I know that we have been short of any good news on the Labour…
How the budget will hit charities
Last week’s controversial budget provided journalists with an ample supply of attention grabbing headlines. Buried beneath the granny…
Labour’s budget response was a missed opportunity
The Party leadership is in danger of sleepwalking into a huge political trap – not set by the…
The Penn and Teller of British politics
If the two Ed’s are to be characterised as Wallace and Gromit, then I think it only right…
Osborne’s £500 million budget raid on the NHS
If we thought all of the budget nasties were out already with the “granny tax”, we were wrong.…
Budget 2012 and the Local Finance Bill: the case for redistribution?
Budget 2012: it’s hardly going to down in history as a landmark Budget for local government. No big…
Osborne “couldn’t give a Friar Tuck”, says Balls
This isn’t a Robin Hood Budget, according to Ed Balls: “This Budget takes from lower and middle income…
