Labour should argue for an ISA cap
The ISA is a tax break for the prosperous/rich right now, but with the loss to a future chancellor in 20 or 30 years time.
The ISA is a tax break for the prosperous/rich right now, but with the loss to a future chancellor in 20 or 30 years time.
The welfare cap is a regressive measure which hits the poor hardest.
Yesterday’s Budget did little to convince Unite and our members employed in manufacturing that the government has set a course to re-balance the UK economy.
Across the nations, reaction to the chancellor’s budget yesterday has been lukewarm at best.
While chancellor George Osborne’s Budget yesterday had a strong housing focus, which was welcomed in housing circles, the announcements failed miserably in the face of a growing UK housing crisis.
While statistics show economic growth, people’s day to day experience is of cuts to services, fare increases and deteriorating infrastructure.
This was a Budget that delivered rising living standards to those who are already well off.
Here are the twelve (not-so-green) faces of the chancellor and his latest Budget.
The energy package today should be welcomed even if the chancellor is just unwinding his own flawed policy.
George Osborne still has no serious strategy for balanced growth.