Head of government’s financial watchdog issues stinging rebuke of its economic plan
The Tories’ 2017 election mantra just received another kicking.
The Tories’ 2017 election mantra just received another kicking.
With productivity stagnant, the Chancellor may have to scrap public spending plans and increase borrowing. Tory economic legitimacy will be in tatters.
OBR reveals economic impact of ‘taking back control’
Tory accusations of unfunded spending commitments are flatly contradicted by the IFS.
On Thursday both The Times and The Sun, Rupert Murdoch-backed newspapers, made the same misleading claims about a Labour Party review into the British economy.
Alex Salmond’s dream of an independent Scotland based on North Sea oil revenue to keep it afloat was dealt a fresh blow last night as new research by the Office for Budget Responsibility showed the extent of decline in revenue from North Sea oil taxes.
Autumn statement 2012: The OBR is still betting on booming fixed investment to boost long-run growth.
Ahead of Wednesday’s autumn statement, IPPR chief economist Tony Dolphin argues now is the time for chancellor George Osborne to change his fiscal rules.
OBR chair Robert Chote today said there was no evidence George Osborne’s flagship cutting of the 50p top rate of tax in the budget will promote growth.
In the wake of the OECD’s forecast the UK will experience a double-dip recession, the question now is whether or not we are experiencing a triple-dip.