Another ‘crackdown’ on benefit fraud, yet it accounts for just 0.7 per cent of welfare budget
Why is the government launching yet another crackdown on benefit fraud when it accounts for just a fraction of the welfare budget?
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Video: Government advisor gives advice on tax avoidance
One of the coalition’s tax advisers has resigned after being secretly filmed offering tips on how to keep money “out of the chancellor’s grubby mitts”.
Budget hits the pause button on Scotland
Scotland’s finance secretary John Swinney yesterday published the Scottish government’s budget for 2014/15 and 2015/16.
The real economy: low pay, low productivity, low exports and low investment
Today’s labour market statistics continue the story of recent months: rising employment and stagnating earnings.
Unemployment down 24,000 to 2.49 million
Unemployment decreased by 24,000 between May 2013 and July 2013 to 2.51 million, with the unemployment rate now at 7.7 per cent, today’s labour market statistics reveal.
As the labour market recovers we must ensure disabled people are not left behind
Addressing the disability employment challenge obscured by today’s labour market statistics.
Half of school leavers don’t go to uni – let’s not forget them
Political debate tends to revolve around school leavers who go onto university, but there has been a lack of focus on the half of young people who don’t.
Five reasons why George Osborne is wrong
George Osborne’s declaration that his economic policy is “working” will have come as something of a shock to millions of families up and down the country.
Oops! ‘Green’ parking permit in Barnet now costs more than regular permit
Barnet residents entitled to a ‘green’ parking permit for low emission vehicles now have to pay more than people with more environmentally unfriendly cars.
The Thatcherite legacy is a paradoxical Conservative Party
There has been a conflict in Conservative Party economic policy for the last thirty years – between conservative values of frugality and the rise of personal debt.