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Osborne’s plans should be a wake-up call for Labour We have heard from some commentatorsthat this was a budget intended to be an unremarkable event, coming ahead of a European Union referendum and more importantly a leadership contest between George Osborne and Boris...

Fresh from their defeat on Sunday trading last week, the Government last night suffered a humiliating triple whammy of defeats in the House of Lords over their draconian and blatantly partisan trade union bill. First, the government was defeated on its plans to choke...

George Osborne’s budget met expectations of being unextraordinary. There were no major announcements apart from the tax on sugary drinks. We did see a chancellor brimming with confidence. Again he put forward the now-familiar argument that the economy was only safe in...

This was a budget of bounding hubris by a chancellor who feels he has the next general election in the bag, the next leadership election within reach and a new fluffy kitten strategy to deploy. That is the one where you put something sweet and cuddly on the table to...