Gary Gibbon
No jam today for the Just About Managing JAMs
The struggling families at the heart of Theresa May’s mission statement got very little out of today. The revolution has been postponed.
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Is Theresa May a ‘dead woman walking?’
The day began with former Chancellor George Osborne describing Theresa May as a “dead woman walking” and her Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon denying the controversial floated deal with the DUP was a formal coalition. It ended with the Prime Minister’s reshuffle of her cabinet and more questions about where this political impasse is headed.
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Should MPs have other jobs?
The chair of the parliamentary standards watchdog is to review the rules on MPs’ second jobs after George Osborne’s appointment as the Editor of the London newspaper the Evening Standard.
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George Osborne made Evening Standard editor
George Osborne’s decision to take up a whole new career in journalism has been greeted with a mix of shock, outrage and derision by critics.
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Gary Gibbon
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FactCheck: what do we learn from the Blair-Bush letters?
Letters written by Tony Blair for the eyes of the US president only have now been declassified. What do they tell us about the Iraq War?
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Gary Gibbon
David Cameron ‘massively misjudged, over-reached and crashed’
David Cameron will now have to assess whether the price of buying peace in his party was extortionately high.
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron and Osborne warn of ‘DIY recession’
I’ve been to B&Q’s office in Eastleigh to hear the PM and Chancellor warn of a “DIY recession.” I wonder if they cleared that line with B&Q when they booked the venue?
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FactCheck Q&A: can we trust the Treasury on Brexit?
The government says families will lose out to the tune of £4,300 if they vote to leave the EU. Is it true?
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FactCheck: the truth about disability benefits cuts
George Osborne insists the government is increasing the money it spends on disabled people, even as he is criticised for the latest cut. Who’s right?
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FactCheck Q&A: George Osborne’s greatest misses
Everyone knows George Osborne missed a debt target today. What else has the Chancellor failed to achieve?
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Gary Gibbon
Academies for all – whether you want them or not
The abolition of non-academy schools marks the end of the system of devolved, local accountability for schools that goes back nearly 150 years. But why is it in the Budget?
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FactCheck: has George Osborne been generous to the NHS?
George Osborne says he is spending an “unprecedented” amount on the NHS. So why do critics insist there is a historic squeeze on budgets?
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Gary Gibbon
Osborne and the empathy debate
George Osborne got a bit lucky two weeks ago when the numbers came in from the OBR… and he decided to blow the money. We may never know what he planned to do before that point.
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Gary Gibbon
Brown to Osborne: ‘rip up your tax credit cuts’
The former prime minister Gordon Brown passionately defends the tax credit system he created, but is less willing to pass comment on Jeremy Corbyn and his suitability as a future Labour PM.
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Gary Gibbon
Osborne and spending round spats
Allies of Iain Duncan Smith feel they have fought a feisty rearguard action after the Treasury came snooping round their universal credit money.
