budget
Obama’s deficit reduction plan is three times slower than Osborne’s
President Obama has announced his plans to eliminate the US budget deficit within 12 years. His timetable is three times slower than George Osborne's.
Cameron’s Britain: Where the most deprived are left behind
David Cameron's "no one will be left behind" message rings hollow as deprived areas suffer the most from council cuts and are shut out of Local Enterprise Partnership zones.
IFS: Govt. claim 80% will be better off is misleading
The IFS has disputed Danny Alexander's claim that 80 per cent of families will be "better off" as a result of the tax and benefit changes coming into force today.
As fuel duty cut is wiped out, calls grow to wean nation off oil
George Osborne's much heralded penny cut in fuel has already been wiped out by rising oil prices - less than two weeks on from the announcement, reports Shamik Das.
Coalition faces backlash on North Sea oil
Just a week after the chancellor announced an unexpected £2 billion tax rise on North Sea oil companies to finance […]
Budget 2011: Osborne’s greenwash won’t wash
Alexis Rowell, of Cutting the Carbon - www.cuttingthecarbon.com - reviews the budget's green failures.