Autumn Statement Articles

Both George Osborne and Ed Balls are likely to be satisfied with their performances during the autumn statement yesterday, in what most objective people will see as a score-draw. The chancellor failed to deliver the knockout blow to the opposition that some in...

Today’s autumn statement from George Osborne was another missed opportunity to speak to the majority of people outside of the Westminster bubble. In particular, it failed to address that issue which resonates most strongly of all in those areas called ‘Rustbelt...

There is a lot that needs fixing within the British economy. But today’s autumn statement will not deal with that. Instead it will be about the Tories’ general election strategy and targeting sweeteners at an ageing electorate in a selected number of seats. The...

George Osborne should be a prisoner of his own failure. He made the wrong call in 2010, tightening fiscal policy just when the economy needed extra stimulus, and as a result he now has a stubborn deficit forecast stretching far into the future, with his deficit...