Budget 2014: Seven things you should expect today
What to expect when George Osborne is at the dispatch box today.
George Osborne
24 Tory tax rises under George Osborne
Since the coalition came to power in 2010, George Osborne has introduced 24 tax rises.
Budget 2014: The government is sitting on its hands instead of supporting British industry
Even with the car industry motoring ahead in investment and creating jobs, manufacturing employment is barely higher than three years previously.
Budget 2014: If Osborne doesn’t invest in the regions, others won’t either
The gap between the coalition’s rhetoric and its record on regional growth has been dire.
The ‘new’ garden city announcement that isn’t new at all
Plans for a garden city in Kent are little more than a rehash of a 2012 idea.
Ed Balls is right: the Marriage Tax Allowance is perverse and unfair
Just 28 per cent of couples in a marriage or civil partnership will benefit from the policy.
Budget 2014: To help low earners, look to self-employment tax cuts
In setting out the Budget and their manifestos, political parties should take account of the recent rise in self-employment.
The government is messing low paid workers around for political capital
It’s a shame the government has to mess around millions of low paid workers for a relatively small amount of political capital.
The government is backing coal and downgrading the climate
The government say they are committed to decarbonisation and that they want to move away from coal. But in reality their policies are improving the economics of coal and undermining the transition to a low-carbon system.
Cameron’s shaky record on green investment
Cameron’s invoking of the Green Investment Bank in defence of his government’s environmental record is ironic given the limitations placed on it by his government.