Budget 2011: Planning changes: A hidden job killer?
Ed Turner, lecturer in politics at the Aston Centre for Europe, and deputy leader of Oxford City Council, looks at the impact of the changes to planning announced in yesterday’s budget.
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Budget 2011: Reaction across the nations
Left Foot Forward’s Devolution Correspondent Ed Jacobs assesses reaction to the budget in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Budget 2011: Reaction from the press
Shamik Das rounds up the best budget analysis and commentary in today’s papers.
Budget 2011: Reaction from the web
Dominc Browne rounds up the best web reaction to today’s budget.
Budget 2011: Impact on jobs
The budget had very little to say about employment and unemployment, reports Richard Exell.
Budget 2011: More proof we aren’t “all in this together”
Today the chancellor made it quite clear, for anyone still unsure, that we are not ‘all in this together’ as he announced even bigger tax breaks for business than already planned.
Osborne buries bad news as OBR predicts extra 130,000 unemployed
Ed Miliband’s response to the Budget focused on the OBR’s downgrading of growth figures. Osborne failed to mention that an additional 130,000 people will be unemployed in 2012.
Budget 2011: What to look out for
Ahead of the Budget – here’s what to look out for.
Budget 2011: Cutting red tape isn’t a strategy for growth
Howard Reed exposes the flaws in the argument that deregulation is a straight road to higher economic growth.
Budget 2011: Could Osborne hand out a few goodies today?
Tony Dolphin, ippr senior economist, looks ahead to today’s budget – asking whether George Osborne will hand out a few goodies.