Faisal Islam
Alistair Darling’s pothole budget
What has happened to the giant pothole in the public finances? The answer is that some of it, more than expected, has been filled in, but not by Mr Darling, writes Faisal Islam.
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Will savings of £11bn reduce deficit?
Alistair Darling claimed government departments will make £11bn of efficiences which will go towards reducing borrowing in his 2010 Budget statement. FactCheck puts it to the test.
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Gary Gibbon
Budget shows how Labour hopes to neutralise Tory attacks
Channel 4 News political editor Gary Gibbon blogs on how the budget shows Labour’s strategy for neutralising Conservative attacks on the economy.
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Gary Gibbon
A foretaste of budgets to come
Alistair Darling prepares to deliver the budget, but we learn little very new more about the grim times ahead today.
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Jon Snow
On budget day, what can Luton and Hull teach us?
I found the whole experience of being cast off into towns we never visit to talk to people we rarely meet somewhat like going on a foreign trip, writes Jon Snow.
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Faisal Islam
It’s squeaky bum time for the banks ahead of the budget
Ahead of the budget, we already have the start of a Dutch auction between the main parties on bank taxes that seeks to tap into enduring public anger for electoral purposes, writes Faisal Islam.
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Faisal Islam
The business vote exposes the false fiscal fight
At the moment both parties are conniving in exaggerating their differences like two weary boxers clinging on to each other in the closing stages of a long fight, writes Faisal Islam.