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.
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.
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.
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.
Even with the car industry motoring ahead in investment and creating jobs, manufacturing employment is barely higher than three years previously.
The gap between the coalition’s rhetoric and its record on regional growth has been dire.
Plans for a garden city in Kent are little more than a rehash of a 2012 idea.
Just 28 per cent of couples in a marriage or civil partnership will benefit from the policy.
It’s a shame the government has to mess around millions of low paid workers for a relatively small amount of political capital.