Budget 2011: More proof we aren’t “all in this together”
Today the chancellor made it quite clear, for anyone still unsure, that we are not ‘all in this together’ as he announced even bigger tax breaks for business than already planned.
Budget 2011
Budget 2011: What to look out for
Ahead of the Budget – here’s what to look out for.
Budget 2011: Could Osborne hand out a few goodies today?
Tony Dolphin, ippr senior economist, looks ahead to today’s budget – asking whether George Osborne will hand out a few goodies.
Budget 2011: The coalition must act on child poverty
Dominic Browne reports on Why the government must reverse its unfair policies that will hit the poor the hardest if the coalition is to make good on its child poverty pledges.
Budget 2011: Osborne needs a credible and substantial growth strategy
Shadow pensions minister Rachel Reeves argues that in the Budget, the government must match their ambitions for cuts with an ambition for growth of which British businesses and workers can be proud.
Budget 2011: Three key climate change tests
Shadow Minister for Climate Change Luciana Berger outlines three key climate change tests for the government to prove its green credentials in the Budget tomorrow.
Why Guido Fawkes and Tim Worstall are wrong on Keynesianism
Guido Fawkes and Tim Worstall claim that Keynesianism doesn’t work. But the academic they cite says that there’s no compelling reason for the Government’s “extreme austerity measures”.
Budget 2011: Osborne must wean nation off addiction to oil
Simon Bullock, senior economics campaigner at Friends of the Earth, reveals FoE’s ten-point plan for how the chancellor can wean the country off its addiction to oil in his Budget on Wednesday.