Triumphant Treasury must not revive Osborne’s terrible China policy
Osborne’s attempt to make London and Beijing indispensable allies was hopelessly naive.
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Osborne’s attempt to make London and Beijing indispensable allies was hopelessly naive.
If the Chancellor wants to ensure an economic recovery, then he should rethink his anti-innovation proposals.
Both men forgot that, to large parts of the population, today’s benefit becomes tomorrow’s entitlement. And now for the bill.
Neil Collins’ Notebook: We shouldn’t be too hard on Jeremy Hunt – years of calamitous policy decisions, made worse under Boris Johnson, are exacting their grim toll.
Stealth taxes were the order of the day in a jam-packed – and depressing – Autumn Statement.
The Chancellor tightens the easy way – using inflation to squeeze budgets and reduce allowances. The really tough decisions have been left to whoever wins the next election…
The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, unveiled a raft of tax rises to pay for welfare and pensions, while kicking spending cuts down the road.
The vibrancy and dynamism of the Square Mile remains, despite the best efforts of its governing body.
The new Chancellor, Philip Hammond MP, signalled a welcome new direction for welfare reform in today’s Autumn Statement. At previous budgetary events the question was
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