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Budget 2014: Reaction across the nations
Across the nations, reaction to the chancellor’s budget yesterday has been lukewarm at best.
The government is failing miserably in the face of a growing UK housing crisis
While chancellor George Osborne’s Budget yesterday had a strong housing focus, which was welcomed in housing circles, the announcements failed miserably in the face of a growing UK housing crisis.
UKIP come clean about why they really oppose gay marriage
UKIP’s opposition to gay marriage is not for pragmatic reasons, but is based on outdated bigotry.
Budget 2014: The chancellor’s misguided belief in the economic power of road building has not gone away
While statistics show economic growth, people’s day to day experience is of cuts to services, fare increases and deteriorating infrastructure.
Yesterday’s budget failed to deliver the help that the UK’s hard pressed households need
This was a Budget that delivered rising living standards to those who are already well off.
Budget 2014: The twelve (not-so-green) faces of George Osborne
Here are the twelve (not-so-green) faces of the chancellor and his latest Budget.
Osborne’s U-turn on the Carbon Price Floor is the right move but now we have a coal problem
The energy package today should be welcomed even if the chancellor is just unwinding his own flawed policy.
Another Tory budget that does nothing for the north
George Osborne still has no serious strategy for balanced growth.
Budget 2014: GDP per capita will not return to previous peak until 2017
If we look at the small print of the OBR document (table 1.5), it actually says that GDP per capita is not expected to return to its pre-recession peak until 2017.
Sharp rise in self-employment may be masking true extent of unemployment
Despite today’s fall in unemployment, there are still causes for concern in the labour market.