George Osborne
How Osborne’s locked in to making the bad times worse
If the government misses its targets for growth and spending, it will be forced to cut further - making the bad times worse. Oh Goodee!
Who is paying for the chancellor’s announcements?
Richard Exell follows the money on the chancellor's autumn statement, and finds that it's the poor who are paying the price.
“We’re all in this together” – when ‘we’ means the bottom 80%
Will Straw examines the regressive nature of the chancellor's autumn statement
OBR confirm Osborne will borrow more than the Darling projection
In his Autumn statement, George Osborne confirmed that the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) now projects that the government will […]
How the OBR’s growth projections have fallen
Will Straw runs through the OBR's plummeting growth projections
Whatever Osborne’s growth forecasts today, the reality is probably worse
Today's growth and borrowing forecasts are likely to be grim - they are just as likely to be over optimistic.