Osborne’s tax cut is not as big or fair as you think
Today’s newspapers seem certain that George Osborne will cut personal taxes by £320 per person. But the move is not as big or fair as you think.
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Budget 2011: The coalition must act on child poverty
Dominic Browne reports on Why the government must reverse its unfair policies that will hit the poor the hardest if the coalition is to make good on its child poverty pledges.
Budget 2011: The view from the devolved nations
Ed Jacobs reviews the economic situation in the devolved nations and how the budget could feed into it.
Osborne castrates Green Bank plan
There were more broken promises from George Osborne earlier with the castration of the Green Bank plan and axing of support for Carbon Capture and Storage technology, reports Joss Garman.
Budget 2011: Osborne needs a credible and substantial growth strategy
Shadow pensions minister Rachel Reeves argues that in the Budget, the government must match their ambitions for cuts with an ambition for growth of which British businesses and workers can be proud.
Will Osborne sell out “greenest government ever” in Budget?
Dominic Browne catalogues the recent spate of government failures and half measures that undermine their stated aim of becoming the “greenest government ever”.
Budget 2011: Osborne must wean nation off addiction to oil
Simon Bullock, senior economics campaigner at Friends of the Earth, reveals FoE’s ten-point plan for how the chancellor can wean the country off its addiction to oil in his Budget on Wednesday.
Balls: “Rock and roll” time for tax avoiders
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls, speaking at the Unions 21 conference this morning, said that George Osborne’s cuts could spell a “rock and roll” period for tax avoidance, reports Dominic Browne.
An OECD whitewash for Osborne?
Geroge Irvin looks at the OECD’s ‘Economic Survey of the UK 2011’ – and asks if it’s a whitewash for the coalition government and Mr Osborne.
US ambassador questions speed and scale of Osborne’s cuts
US ambassador Louis Susman has questioned the wisdom of George Osborne’s massive spending cuts, warning they risked plunging Britain into a double-dip recession.