Budget: the pressure is on for the ‘progressive’ coalition
The Institute for Fiscal Studies says the Conservatives’ emergency budget is “somewhat progressive”.
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The claim “Labour’s leadership candidates say that spending was not the problem. It was taxes. Nonsense. In just two financial years up to the election, public spending rose by 10 per cent in real terms. That’s a rise after inflation of £59 billion.” Chris Huhne MP, Climate Change Secretary, press conference attacking “Labour’s legacy”, 11…
Ed Balls accuses supporters of the Miliband brothers of turning the Labour leadership contest into a two-horse race, focusing on the “soap opera” of sibling rivalry. Krishnan Guru-Murthy reports.
Diane Abbott tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy she was right on many policies during the New Labour years, adding “I’m the genuine move-on candidate”.
Andy Burnham tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy that the Labour party should be “for a fairer spread of health, wealth and life chances”.
David Miliband tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy “the good society is defined not just by a good government but by a strong community”.
George Osborne claims the coalition’s first budget is progressive, but the IFS thinks otherwise.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies says the Conservatives’ emergency budget is “somewhat progressive”.
George Osborne’s emergency budget kick-started the government’s plans to cut the deficit. Was he VATman, public spending slasher, or responsible chancellor, asked political editor Gary Gibbon.
Faisal Islam blogs on how tomorrow’s budget will signal the beginning of the public sector recession.
Faisal Islam blogs on why the cuts of the Canadian government in the 1990s are not a good place to start when looking at the coalition’s spending plans.
Exclusive: Channel 4 News has gained special access to social programmes working at the sharp end with some of Britain’s most challenging families.
In the knowledge that BA was likely to test any ballot in the courts, Unite has managed to fail not once, but now twice, to comply adequately with the law to render a strike ballot legal. Mr Simpson told me he would not be “considering his position”, writes Jon Snow
The Tories and the Lib Dems released their coalition policies today. FactCheck looked at how these compared to the claims both made before the election.
Roundup of the Vote 2010 Election FactCheck blog
As the election campaign enters its final few days, Jon Snow blogs on how this has been an election quite unlike any other.