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We will be returning on Monday 5th January with more hard-hitting news and comment, written by and for the UK left.
Here are the twelve (not-so-green) faces of the chancellor and his latest Budget.
The energy package today should be welcomed even if the chancellor is just unwinding his own flawed policy.
George Osborne still has no serious strategy for balanced growth.
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.
Despite today’s fall in unemployment, there are still causes for concern in the labour market.
The winnders and losers from today’s Budget.
Ahead of today’s budget, the Welsh government has called on the chancellor to encourage and support investment in vital infrastructure projects.
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.
What to expect when George Osborne is at the dispatch box today.
Since the coalition came to power in 2010, George Osborne has introduced 24 tax rises.
