George Osborne’s fairness claim torn apart by graph
George Osborne’s fairness claim torn apart by graph
Impact of the budget on households in 2014/15
Impact of the budget on households in 2014/15.
Distributional impact of 10K personal allowance
As you can see from the graph, the idea that the £10 thousand pound personal allowance is about anything resembling fairness is a nonsense. As the graph below shows, those who benefit most from the policy are those on thetest
Budget leaked by Evening Standard
Budget leaked by Evening Standard
Unemployment up 7,000 to 2.52 million
Unemployment rose by 7,000 between November 2012 and January 2013 to 2.52 million, but the unemployment rate stays at 7.8%, today’s labour market statistics reveal.
Budget 2013: What to look out for
Left Foot Forward has looked at a few things we already know will be in today’s Budget as well as at those things which stand half a chance of making it.
Five things the government won’t tell you about Workfare
The Department of Work and Pensions today rushed through emergency legislation to ensure that job-seekers unfairly sanctioned by their policies are unable to claim compensation. This provides an opportunity to look at how utterly infective they have been at getting people into work.
Taxpayers’ money being used to fund tax avoidance schemes
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) – a body that advises Britain and other European countries on tax and spend policies – has been accused of enabling global corporations such as Google Inc. (GOOG), Hewlett- Packard Co. and Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) to dodge taxes by shifting profits into offshore subsidiaries.
Pay rises outstripped by inflation
The latest inflation figures show that pay rises are being outstripped by inflation.
Childcare tax breaks benefit the wealthy more than those on low incomes
The new childcare policy will do very little to help the millions of people who have already lost out under benefit cuts, but it will help those with joint incomes of just short of £300,000.