Why Jeremy Hunt’s budget is a failure both politically and economically
Hunt has twice sabotaged this strategy with successive cuts to national insurance
Hunt has twice sabotaged this strategy with successive cuts to national insurance
The evidence of past policy failures is all around us. Since 2010, the real economy has grown by around 1.2% a year and is set to have the weakest growth amongst G7 countries.
Hunt isn’t too happy…
That’s the Tory record in office, declining living standards with workers left worse off.
From missed opportunities to ‘Tory hot air’, trade unions weigh in on the Spring Budget announcements
A budget totally out of step with what people want and need.
The chancellor is preparing to announce the second big cut to employment taxes in a year, after his decision to cut national insurance rates by 2p at last year’s autumn statement, portraying it as a pre-election giveaway
Tories devastating record set to continue unless Budget delivers ‘desperately needed measures’ to recover living standards
Living standards are expected to undergo the largest two-year decline since records began in 1956-57.
‘Not a dickie bird on public sector pay.’