budget
Budget 2012: The consequences of failing to hit the 0.7% aid target laid bare
Richard Serunjogi of the Labour Campaign for International Development lays out the stark consequences of any failure to meet the 0.7 per cent aid target.
Budget 2012: Can Ed and Ed restore Labour’s credibility?
For Labour, today, budget day, marks a challenge - namely to speed up the journey towards regaining credibility on the economy, writes Ed Jacobs.
International development: The UK’s most popular ‘unpopular policy’
Sam Bacon, of the Global Poverty Project, urges the chancellor to commit to the 0.7 per cent target of UK GNI to be spent on international development.
Fine words Mr Cameron, now it’s time for action on infrastructure investment
Ahead of the budget, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rachel Reeves calls on the government to act fast on infrastructure investment to boost the economy.
Even Tory voters oppose abolition of 50p rate
Ahead of the budget, a new poll has revealed more Conservative voters oppose George Osborne’s plans to abolish the 50p top rate of tax than support it.
The charts that shame the “we’re all in this together” coalition
Alison Garnham of the Child Poverty Action Group, challenges the coalition to defend how the distributional analysis of their tax and benefit changes is fair.