Why the new national living wage will leave some workers worse off
A slightly higher minimum wage will not be enough to offset cuts to tax credits
George Osborne
Daily Mail swallows Osborne’s myth about women ‘winning’ in his budget
The Mail parrots claim that women are ‘the real winners from living wage’, but ignores tax credit cuts
Harriet Harman is wrong: the Conservatives don’t have a mandate to cut child tax credits
Listen to the voters by all means. But recognise that they aren’t calling for a cut in child tax credits
The Times ran false ‘£1000 on families’ story. Now it’s true, where are the headlines?
Bogus claim about Labour made the front page, but neutrality breaks out when it’s Osborne
The cuts to come: what will the budget mean for departmental spending?
New IPPR analysis of the budget shows a 30 per cent cut in resource spending for unprotected departments by 2019/20
Tory press flip-flops on non-doms. Here’s what they said in April
When Ed Miliband went for non-doms, it was ‘the politics of envy’. Now it’s ‘political wisdom’.
Labour finds allies across the nations in tax credit attack
The Scottish deputy first minister branded the budget a ‘con-trick’
Tory press shirks its duty and waves pom-poms for Osborne’s budget
Newspapers should report and scrutinise, not spin or cheer the government
There’s a climate-shaped hole in the budget
Osborne’s failure to put action on climate change at the heart of the budget is bad economics
Budget: On housing this was about as bad as it gets
The chancellor is setting up an even bleaker future when it comes to housing