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Osborne wooing blue collar workers on welfare
All of the workers I spoke to afterwards warmed to the message on welfare and thought the system was too generous.
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All of the workers I spoke to afterwards warmed to the message on welfare and thought the system was too generous.
George Osborne launches a vehement defence of the coalition’s benefits shake-up, insisting Britain can no longer afford to reward people who do the “wrong thing”.
This is the moment when we get George Osborne’s famed fairytale scrounger, idling in bed with the curtains drawn all day, up and off his backside and into work. Or do we?
Are plans for the help to buy scheme likely to live up to government expectations? Based on previous housing policies, FactCheck isn’t so sure.
Live updates on budget 2013 – with analysis from Economics Editor Faisal Islam and Simon Wagman from Blick Rothenberg, accounting and tax specialists.
In his fourth budget, Chancellor George Osborne says growth will be lower than previously forecast, but Britain will avoid a triple-dip recession.
Chancellor George Osborne unveils a new “help to buy” scheme to boost the housing industry, but lenders want assurances that it will not be uneconomical for them.
Watch live: Chancellor George Osborne delivers his 2013 budget.
Amid calls for the chancellor to reduce the UK’s spending on overseas aid, dozens of anti-poverty campaigners, dressed as George Osborne, take to Westminster to protest.
Chancellor George Osborne confirms the UK will compensate any British government and military personnel whose bank accounts in Cyprus may be affected by the European Union bailout levy.
The chancellor will not win any popularity contests. But ahead of next week’s budget, Michael Crick asks if George Osborne is the man to bring life to the UK’s near-moribund economy.
Chancellor George Osborne is left isolated as he attempts to water down EU plans to limit bankers’ bonuses.
We all know George Osborne failed to hold on to Britain’s triple-A credit rating. But what about the other benchmarks the chancellor asked us to judge him on?
Austerity versus borrowing? Plan A versus plan B? Osborne versus Balls? In light of Moody’s decision to downgrade the UK’s AAA credit rating, who is right about the best way forward for the economy?
Chancellor George Osborne renews his call for global action to tackle the problem of multinational companies which move their profits around to avoid tax.