IFS: poorest households hit hardest by coalition tax and benefit changes
Working parents in the poorest households have been hardest hit by changes to the tax and benefits system since 2010
George Osborne
Transport secretary denies petrol tax cuts as Osborne launches investigation into falling prices
What is happening to petrol prices? The Conservatives can’t seem to decide.
The Tory spending dossier: misleading, hollow and party political
The Conservatives have failed to produce a sustainable critique of Labour’s spending plans.
Ignore Tory spin, Labour’s spending plans are the ‘most cautious’ according to the IFS
Tory accusations of unfunded spending commitments are flatly contradicted by the IFS.
Osborne and Cameron’s promised rebalancing of the economy is long gone
Estimates show that the UK needs around 780,000 more engineers over the next five years to meet industry demands – this equates to 156,000 per year. Currently the UK is training less than half that.
George Osborne spends £43,000 of taxpayers’ money defending bankers’ bonuses
The chancellor George Osborne has spent over £43,000 of taxpayers’ money defending bankers’ bonuses, according to new figures.
Majority of the public reject Osborne’s austerity plan
Poll shows that neither Cameron nor Miliband are trusted to perform safe cuts.
British consumers can no longer afford to consume. We need a new economic model
Consumption-driven growth is a recovery built on sand.
There are alternatives to the government’s slash and burn policies
There are alternative ways of managing public finances that aren’t reliant on more savage cuts.
We don’t need Osborne’s ‘roads revolution’ – we need a green revolution
Osborne is either is a climate change denier, an idiot, or a sadist. Either way, it will be future generations that will get hurt by this budget’s moves against the planet.