David Miliband was the first Labour leadership candidate to sit down with Left Foot Forward and answer the questions crowd-sourced with our readers. In his Westminster office this week, David Miliband took questions on the Budget; Labour’s future policy platform includingtest
The Guardian‘s front page focuses on the first cracks in the coalition as Lib Dem deputy leader Simon Hughes warned that “curbs to pensioners’ allowances may threaten coalition”. Although Hughes outlined his support for harsh budget measures to help dealtest
Progressive should unite to help Simon Hughes make the Budget fairer. Progressive taxation and a slower reduction plan are the way ahead.
Sign up to receive this politics summary in your inbox every morning. As first reported by Left Foot Forward just hours after George Osborne’s statement, the Guardian‘s front page declares that “Budget will hit poor harder than rich”. A reporttest
George Osborne claimed it was a “progressive Budget”. Analysis by the independent IFS shows that, stripping away pre-announced measures, it was a “regressive Budget”.
Before the election, Labour’s claims about Tory plans to cut child tax credits were dubbed “lies”. Labour was exonerated yesterday as the truth was revealed.
Sign up to receive this politics summary in your inbox every morning. Reaction to George Osborne’s Budget focused on the scale of the cuts with the Chancellor announcing £40 billion in additional spending cuts and net tax rises. The Guardiantest
During the election, the Liberal Democrats supported Labour’s fiscal consolidation plan. They now support £47 billion of additional spending cuts by 2015-16.
George Osborne repeatedly said that this was the “unavoidable Budget”. But the rise in VAT was only necessary to pay for a series of tax cuts elsewhere.
The front pages are dominated by today’s Budget with speculation mounting that George Osborne will spend £3.7 billion cutting income tax. The Guardian writes that the Chancellor will announce a £200 tax cut for 20 million basic rate taxpayers in antest
