Today’s Budget continues this Government’s abominable record on housing
Today’s budget saw a buoyant George Osborne paint a rosy picture of rising living standards and a recovering…
George Osborne
One thing Osborne left out of his Budget statement
Osborne may have claimed that he is “fixing the roof as the sun begins to shine”, but it…
Osborne has chosen short term political gimmicks over a long term economic plan at every turn
George Osborne has insisted his pre-election Budget would contain “no gimmicks” – we’ll see. What we can be…
We know the Tories are targeting Labour areas for cuts – but it is still shocking
Well you could knock me down with a feather. The Institute for Fiscal Studies has confirmed that the…
Tory cuts will put the NHS at risk, says Balls
Ed Balls, Shadow Chancellor, has outlined today how the Tories’ planned £70 bn cuts to public services would…
Incomes on the rise, but not yet back to levels when Labour left office
Incomes have returned to pre-recession levels, according to new research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), but…
Ed Balls writes to George Osborne to demand answers on tax evasion and HSBC
Here’s the letter in full: Dear George, It has now been over a week since the full story…
“I probably shouldn’t be advocating this on television”: the George Osborne TV appearance he probably regrets
A short clip of a George Osborne appearance on the Daily Politics has been making the rounds on…
Labour outline how they’d deal with tax avoidance
Through the means of an Opposition Day Debate, Labour are today outlining how they’d deal with tax avoidance…
Pride will come before a fall
Hubris. Such a good word. Outrageous pride that will lead, almost inevitably, to nemesis – punishment and defeat.…
