George Osborne
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.