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Budget 2014: Devolved governments call on the chancellor to act
Ahead of today’s budget, the Welsh government has called on the chancellor to encourage and support investment in vital infrastructure projects.
Unemployment down 63,000 to 2.33 million
Unemployment decreased by 63,000 between November 2013 and January 2014 to 2.33 million, with the unemployment rate now at 7.2 per cent, today’s labour market statistics reveal.
Budget 2014: Seven things you should expect today
What to expect when George Osborne is at the dispatch box today.
24 Tory tax rises under George Osborne
Since the coalition came to power in 2010, George Osborne has introduced 24 tax rises.
Tax-free childcare alone will not make childcare more affordable for most families
Today’s announcements are welcome, but the direction of travel is worrying.
Three proposed tax cuts that are anything but progressive
Some of the tax cuts being proposed by the Tories and the Lib Dems sound good, but in reality they are highly regressive.
Budget 2014: The government is sitting on its hands instead of supporting British industry
Even with the car industry motoring ahead in investment and creating jobs, manufacturing employment is barely higher than three years previously.
The government should learn from the childcare policies of other countries
In Norway, state support for childcare goes to providers who have to meet quality criteria in order to receive any money.
Duncan Smith department promoting ‘negative perceptions’ of benefit claimants
A group of MPs has slammed the government for using official statistics inaccurately to spin stories about benefit claimants.
Tory childcare plans could see families of over-fives lose £18,000 worth of help
More than 100,000 families could lose out on up to £18,000-worth of childcare help under a new government scheme announced today.