budget Articles

Sadly, the current row about what Labour will and will not oppose from the Tory budget is pretty irrelevant in terms of actually helping the people who will be affected by the change. However we vote, the Conservatives will pass their budget and their welfare bill...

George Osborne has proved himself to be an astute political tactician, but whether his budget adds up to a compelling long-term economic and political strategy is a different question. It is easy in politics to decry one's opponents, but Labour ought to learn the...

Boos company George Osborne is not the strategic political mastermind either he or his legions of friends in the right wing media believe. Few politicians have been booed by an Olympic stadium filled with 80,000 people, but nonetheless, Osborne will be happy with the...

George Osborne crossed dressed and declared himself a one nation chancellor in both the headline measures of his budget and in its details. Legislation for a living wage was intended as the closing showstopper and abolishing permanent non-dom status stole the policy...