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As George Osborne announces his 2014 budget, former member of the Treasury select committee and Labour parliamentary candidate in Northampton North Sally Keeble offers a running commentary. Additional #Budget2014 tweets also selected by the Progress team. Tweet at...

'If the UK economy is doing so well, why do I still feel so hard up?' is the question George Osborne needs to answer in today’s budget. It’s one that the politics of 14 months before the general election won’t let him answer: he’s not delivered what he promised....

Ed Balls has chosen to take a different approach to spending to that adopted by Labour prior to 1997. He is right to do so, says Jonathan Todd From the bully pulpit of the Treasury, George Osborne is convinced that he can have the deficit dominate the next parliament...

Labour’s approach to business has a powerful social democratic message of growth. It deserves a broad welcome. Last night Chuka Umunna spoke to the Engineering Employers’ Federation. At the heart of his speech lay a vital question: What should Britain’s economy look...