“Soggy Syriza with sandals”– thanks, Danny, for giving Osborne a stick to...
I almost choked on my Earl Grey this morning when I read Danny Alexander’s piece in the New Statesman in which he suggested that there was much to cheer in George Osborne’s budget. I wondered if he had...
View ArticleSenior Lib Dems react to Budget
This post will be updated during the day as more people respond. First of all, what did the leadership candidates make of the budget? Norman Lamb: Osborne confirms £8bn for NHS by 2020. Everyone knows...
View ArticleBudget Live Blog as Osborne helps rich – but casts young and poor adrift.
Caron Lindsay 12:30 pm “A budget for working people” says George Osborne. We’ll see. I guess if you are a rich working person, maybe. I’ve had an official hiding behind pillow for all budgets in the...
View ArticleOne of the most important acts of this government?
View image | gettyimages.com Hidden away in the pages of last week’s budget details was a very significant measure, which has received precious little public attention. The Guardian reports: The UK is...
View ArticleOpinion: Liberal Democrat alternative budget is no answer to Osborne’s opaque...
View image | gettyimages.com Several years ago there emerged into public discourse one of those phrases that becomes ubiquitous solely on the basis of its banality – ‘joined up thinking’ – and...
View ArticleIndependent: “Liberal Democrats do have a more balanced, pragmatic approach...
View image | gettyimages.com This morning’s leader article in the Independent praises yesterday’s Liberal Democrat alternative budget and concludes that “five years in government have clearly matured...
View ArticleDanny set outs alternative Lib Dem budget
View image | gettyimages.com In a constitutional innovation, from the House of Commons dispatch box, Danny Alexander has today set out the Liberal Democrats’ alternative fiscal plans, as the Guardian...
View ArticleNorman Lamb writes…A blueprint for a fairer society
1 in 4 of us will develop a mental health problem at some point in our lives – and 75% of these conditions develop by the age of 18. If people don’t get the support they need in childhood and...
View ArticleDanny turns the tables on Balls on TV economy debates
On Sunday’s Andrew Marr show, Ed Balls caught the chancellor off guard when he all but forced him (in one of recent television history’s most awkward moments) to shake on an agreement to hold a...
View ArticleTwelve major improvements announced in the budget
View image | gettyimages.com There are twelve significant improvements announced in today’s budget: • Personal tax allowance to rise still further • Discounts for apprentice training • An increase in...
View ArticleBudget open thread
View image | gettyimages.com We will not be live blogging the Budget as there are plenty of other sources of live information. But readers are very welcome to add their own reflections in the...
View ArticleCable: No room for “pre-election bonanza” budget
View image | gettyimages.com The Guardian reports: Vince Cable has warned that George Osborne has no room in next Wednesday’s budget for a substantial pre-election giveaway, but acknowledged that...
View Article“Soggy Syriza with sandals”– thanks, Danny, for giving Osborne a stick to...
I almost choked on my Earl Grey this morning when I read Danny Alexander’s piece in the New Statesman in which he suggested that there was much to cheer in George Osborne’s budget. I wondered if he had...
View ArticleSenior Lib Dems react to Budget
This post will be updated during the day as more people respond. First of all, what did the leadership candidates make of the budget? Norman Lamb: Osborne confirms £8bn for NHS by 2020. Everyone knows...
View ArticleBudget Live Blog as Osborne helps rich – but casts young and poor adrift.
Caron Lindsay 12:30 pm “A budget for working people” says George Osborne. We’ll see. I guess if you are a rich working person, maybe. I’ve had an official hiding behind pillow for all budgets in the...
View ArticleOne of the most important acts of this government?
View image | gettyimages.com Hidden away in the pages of last week’s budget details was a very significant measure, which has received precious little public attention. The Guardian reports: The UK is...
View ArticleOpinion: Liberal Democrat alternative budget is no answer to Osborne’s opaque...
View image | gettyimages.com Several years ago there emerged into public discourse one of those phrases that becomes ubiquitous solely on the basis of its banality – ‘joined up thinking’ – and...
View ArticleIndependent: “Liberal Democrats do have a more balanced, pragmatic approach...
View image | gettyimages.com This morning’s leader article in the Independent praises yesterday’s Liberal Democrat alternative budget and concludes that “five years in government have clearly matured...
View ArticleDanny set outs alternative Lib Dem budget
View image | gettyimages.com In a constitutional innovation, from the House of Commons dispatch box, Danny Alexander has today set out the Liberal Democrats’ alternative fiscal plans, as the Guardian...
View ArticleNorman Lamb writes…A blueprint for a fairer society
1 in 4 of us will develop a mental health problem at some point in our lives – and 75% of these conditions develop by the age of 18. If people don’t get the support they need in childhood and...
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