budget
Osborne’s ‘granny tax’: Robbing pensioners to pay the one per cent
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rachel Reeves explains just how regressive George Osborne’s ‘granny tax’ is.
Osborne’s ‘granny tax’ will sting those on a personal pension of just £67 a week
George Osborne’s ‘granny tax’ will hit new pensioners on a personal or occupational pension of just £67 a week, new research reveals today.
Scotland’s economy running on empty after Osborne’s Great Stagnation Budget
Labour MP for Glasgow North East, shadow Scotland Office minister William Bain, reports on the disastrous impact on Scotland of Geroge Osborne’s Budget 2012.
Budget 2012: The fossil fuel friendly Mr Osborne
Clare McNeil, senior research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), looks at the energy policy and environmental impact of the budget.
Budget 2012: The myth that lower taxes for the rich generates more tax revenue
Danny Dorling of the IPPR demolishes the myth, pedalled by George Osborne and the one per cent, that the tax take on the rich rises the less they are taxed.
The Week Outside Westminster – The “dead man’s hand” of slasher Osborne
Ed Jacobs rounds up the week’s news from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, plus the week’s local council by-election results.