The Conservative’s pledge to hold off Labour’s planned rise in national insurance dominates the papers coverage of Channel 4’s chancellors’ debate. The Times reports that, “Alistair Darling and Vincent Cable ganged up on George Osborne last night to heap derisiontest
The Spectator have been rebuked by the Press Complaints Commission for Rod Liddle’s inaccurate “goat curry” blog.
George Osborne’s plans to block the National Insurance rise have been ridiculed by Labour. But the Tories have a £3bn black hole in their own tax rising plans.
Today’s papers cover in detail the distributional impact of thirteen years of Labour rule. The picture represents a clear progressive redistribution.
When taken together the numbers for truancy and authorised absence have fallen slightly; it’ll be interesting to see how this is reported by tomorrow’s papers.
George Osborne says he will set out more details of the Tory economic policy in the coming weeks. There are some key questions he needs to answer.
The front page reaction to the Alistair Darling’s Budget is primarily along party lines. The Guardian says, “Keep calm and carry on” and highlights that “Labour reveals detail of £11bn cuts package”. The Daily Mirror calls him a “Safe pairtest
The difference between a Labour and Conservative government could mean an additional £20 billion of public spending cuts using figures published in today’s Budget.
Today’s opinion polls contain mixed messages on the economy. But George Osborne is the third most popular candidate for Chancellor whoever asks the question.
For 10 days, Left Foot Forward’s contributors have been setting out there Budget demands. Join our liveblog today from 12.20 to see if their ideas were adopted.
