Paul Mason has written this in the Guardian this evening: In the face of [the current economic crisis], Osborne should design a Tory version of
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Taking privatisations and PFI into account the Conservatives borrowed the most on average over 70 years
Several people have asked if the data I have put forward on government borrowing would have been changed if privatisations (including 3G and 4G spectrum
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Labour have borrowed less and repaid more than the Conservatives since 1979
Having produced information on government borrowings and repayments over a seventy year period, and in the process shown that curtailing the analysis after 62 years
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The budget: women will be handing money to men
As the Mirror has reported this morning: Men have benefited far more from tax cuts for top earners than women. Cutting the top rate from
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Voluntary codes on tax disclosure just won’t work
The Australian has reported that: BHP Billiton’s chief financial officer Peter Beaven has thrown his support behind proposals for a voluntary code for reporting of
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Wednesday in the Commons with George
I could write a great deal about the budget problems George Osborne faces. But I don’t need to because it can all be summarised by
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