Budget 2012: Will the coalition u-turn on its ‘no new runways’ pledge?
John Stewart, chair of AirportWatch, writes about the government’s recent remarks on airport expansion and aviation, following today’s budget.
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Budget 2012: Tippex still wet on the coalition agreement
George Osborne’s budget has seen a complete change in the economic direction of this government, writes Left Foot Forward’s Cormac Hollingsworth.
Budget 2012: Impact per decile – the poorer you are, the harder you’re hit
Aside from the top decile, the poorest ten per cent will be hit the hardest by George Osborne’s budget, reports Shamik Das.
Budget 2012: It may do nothing for growth, but the fat cats will purr more loudly
Even though the abolition of the 50p tax rate may do nothing for growth, the fat cats will be delighted with George Osborne’s budget, writes Prof. George Irvin.
Budget 2012: Can Ed and Ed restore Labour’s credibility?
For Labour, today, budget day, marks a challenge – namely to speed up the journey towards regaining credibility on the economy, writes Ed Jacobs.
The charts that shame the “we’re all in this together” coalition
Alison Garnham of the Child Poverty Action Group, challenges the coalition to defend how the distributional analysis of their tax and benefit changes is fair.
Pre-budget memo to Mr Osborne: Tax cuts for the many, not the few will boost growth
Ahead of the budget, Laura Bradley, a researcher at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) argues tax cuts for the many, not the few will boost growth.
US recovery shows the failure of Osborne’s ‘Voodoo Economics’
While the US economy shows encouraging signs of recovery, we in the UK are paying for chancellor George Osbourne’s own misguided version of Voodoo Economics.
Osborne’s solution to unemployment? Make it easier to unemploy people
George Osborne reignited his war on working people last night by urging company bosses to lobby the government – ie. him – to make it easier to sack staff.
The Osborne tax get-out turns aid for the poorest into a subsidy for multinationals
Last year, the UK donated £4.2bn to poor countries. Now Osborne is considering changes that will allow multinationals to avoid paying £4bn to poor countries.