budget
Cutting stamp duty would be an admission of defeat on the housing crisis by the Tories
The Chancellor has signalled he may cut the tax for first time buyers. It would be a fig-leaf for the fact they've shelved their housing programme.
The Tories say cutting corporation tax boosts revenue. Here’s why it’s a lie
They want to cut it to 17 per cent, one of the lowest rates in the world, and it's not sustainable.
Budget: the Chancellor’s obsession with the deficit will drive our economy into the ground
There are a number of tools available to Philip Hammond to fix our broken economy, but Tory ideology blinds him to them.
Philip Hammond’s budget will expose failed Tory economic policy once and for all
With productivity stagnant, the Chancellor may have to scrap public spending plans and increase borrowing. Tory economic legitimacy will be in tatters.
Benefits claimants with health conditions have just been hit by a £1,400 annual cut
Poor households are getting slammed as Osborne-era cuts come into effect this week
Why the economists aren’t for turning on NICs
Leading analysts regret the failure of Philip Hammond's 'small but sensible' change