Green Politics
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.
deficit
Will tomorrow mark the end of housing associations?
Selling off housing associations would rid George Osborne of £60bn worth of debt
PFI is still crippling our public services
PFI contracts need to be thoroughly investigated, so we can return some of the money to schools and hospitals
We need a progressive, alternative spending review – not more salami-slicing
A business-as-usual approach risks hurting those most in need of public services
IFS accuses SNP of misusing figures to push for full fiscal autonomy
SNP had previously accused Westminster of misrepresenting Scotland's finances
Could Osborne’s budget plans actually work?
If the objective is to reduce debt from one year to the next, neither a surplus – nor even a balanced budget – is strictly necessary