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With ash silencing our skies – what about the future plans from Labour, Conservatives & Lib Dems for high speed rail? Will we get it? And if so, when?
Labour’s immigration minister, Conservative & Lib Dem home affairs spokesmen clash over immigration statistics – but who’s been doing their homework?
FactCheck checks it out FactCheck thought we had a hard day yesterday working on the Labour Manifesto but when 120 pages of the Conservative manifesto dropped in our inboxes we stopped what we were doing and got to work. The analysis “And we will raise the inheritance tax threshold to £1m to help millions of people who…
Is it consistent for the Conservative leader to oppose a 10 per cent increase across the board on all cider drinks but to propose a higher tax on super strength ciders
On the income tax pledge, which is arguably stronger than previous Labour manifesto pledges, as it includes the new top rate tax, it strikes me as a lost opportunity for candour in politics. Clearly guaranteeing rates has little or no impact on the actual tax burden. It makes little sense to guarantee no increase in…
Its claim and counter-claim from the Tories and Labour over how the Tories can make even more efficiency savings than are already being made.
During PMQs the Prime Minister rattles off the UK’s record on Overseas Development Aid – impressive or not?
Is Lib Dem Treasury Spokesman Vince Cable’s reputation as the voice of economic sanity really deserved? FactCheck takes a look.
Ed Balls says that Conservative efficiency savings will mean a cut of £1.7bn from the schools budget, but is he right? FactCheck finds out.
Labour’s dossier on Tory tax and spend gets a thorough going over by FactCheck
Our online poll finds Vince Cable the winner as he joins Alistair Darling to condemn George Osborne’s proposed tax cuts in Channel 4’s ground-breaking Ask the Chancellors debate.
The word bulk is now key to the election economics. It is the root of what difference exists between Labour and Conservatives in terms of their spending cuts and tax rises.
Gary Gibbon
Gary Gibbon blogs from Brussels where all eyes are on Greece. But can Gordon stay out of it?
David Cameron says he would definitely introduce a levy on banks to fund their debt to the taxpayer and create a rainy day fund for future bank crises. The Treasury is in a similar place, but is waiting on international agreements.
This political dance around Greece’s financial mess is oddly reminiscent of the days preceding the Lehman Brothers’ debacle, writes Faisal Islam.