It’s telling that the chancellor failed to mention ‘manufacturing’ once in his Autumn Statement
The re-balancing of the economy which Osborne promised has been all but abandoned.
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Autumn Statement 2013: winners and losers
The distributional impact of today’s Autumn Statement as broken down by HMRC.
Autumn statement: The OBR in 2010 versus George Osborne in 2013
With little expected today from the chancellor that will make things any easier for those all important ‘hardworking people’, this will be an Autumn Statement that passes most people by.
New national infrastructure plan – old North/South divide
London and the South East will together receive three quarters of all transport investment in England in the years ahead.
Disposable income still lowest since 2005
Figures out today show that despite the economy being in recovery disposable income remains stuck where is was in 2005, reflecting real falls in wages.
The government’s woeful infrastructure record to date
The coalition’s record to date on infrastructure is woeful.
German companies in US warned against violating employment rights
The new leader of the giant German union IG Metall, Detlef Wetzel, has warned German companies operating in the US against violating employment rights and opposing the right of workers to form unions.
Clegg’s tax cut doesn’t tackle low pay
Tackling low pay is a good thing for the government to be doing. Unfortunately, the coalition’s flagship policy doesn’t actually do that.
Wealth is created collectively, not by god-like ‘wealth creators’
Even supposedly ‘self-made’ millionaires rely on taxpayers to support the transport infrastructure, educated workforce and customer base on which their wealth depends.
Sorry Boris, but the poor carry the greatest tax burden
The least well off households pay 36.6 per cent of their income in tax compared to 35.5 per cent paid by the wealthiest.