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Summer Budget 2015: topsy turvy politics
The chancellor stole some of Labour’s policy clothes in his latest budget announcements, but his tendency to favour old over young has not been altered.
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Will the poorer get poorer after the benefit changes announced by George Osborne? Darshna Soni meets a single mum with eight children, who is worried she could be evicted because of the welfare cap.
A “lower-welfare, lower tax” budget, said the Chancellor. As usual, the small print didn’t quite match the rhetoric…
The chancellor stole some of Labour’s policy clothes in his latest budget announcements, but his tendency to favour old over young has not been altered.
George Osborne has pledged to create a “higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare” Britain as he unveiled the first Tory-only Budget for nearly 20 years.
The chancellor announces income tax cuts for lower earners and a Living Wage in his summer budget, but is slashing the tax credits system.
Tough new rules to force governments to run budget surpluses will be brought in, George Osborne announces at his annual Mansion House speech.
Ministers insist the government has not cut spending on mental health services. So where is the evidence?
The Germanwings plane that crashed in France is said to use a wide-range of Airbus single-aisle aircrafts, popular with many airlines including low-cost carriers such as easyJet.
To avoid damage to his reputation for prudence, George Osborne’s pre-election budget was short on giveaways but not without political trickery.
The Chancellor announces a £50 government bonus for every £200 saved in a new ISA for first-time buyers, but housing charities say the money would have been better spent building homes.
George Osborne says more optimistic growth and borrowing forecasts, boosted by the falling price of oil, mean the squeeze on public spending can end a year earlier than predicted.
George Osborne makes his final pitch to voters with a handout to savers and first time buyers.
Savers, motorists and beer drinkers all have reasons to be cheerful after the final budget before the general election. But not everyone is happy with the chancellor.
Under 30s have suffered disproportionately in the recent economic downturn, so what do they make of George Osborne’s pre-election budget pledges?
Will there be any relief for the NHS in the chancellor’s statement? I have spoken to a number of health economists and the general feeling is there’s not likely to be much.