Budget
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Estate agents in Clapham, south London, saw deal frenzy after higher stamp duty announced in autumn statement
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At certain price points the changes announced by George Osborne have created a new mood of optimism among buyers
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Shadow chancellor says cutting spending to 1930s levels ‘will create Britain no one would want to live in’
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George Osborne tells John Humphrys on Radio 4’s Today that BBC reports are rewind of 2010 cutbacks coverage that wrongly predicted return to ‘George Orwell’ world
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Institute for Fiscal Studies statement prompts chancellor to condemn ‘hyperbolic news coverage’ on spending plans
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Martin Kettle: George Osborne struggles because the post-Thatcherite mood that swept Tony Blair to power has still not receded
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Gaby Hinsliff: It’s a warning light flashing. In a healthy society parents would be happy to let their children cope on their own
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Editorial: George Osborne’s plans would roll back the state to the 1930s, and puff up household debt beyond bubble levels. It is neither a desirable nor a likely mix – yet it reigns unchallenged
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Letters: Those with the least, those needing essential services are staring at the precipice. It’s not only the squeezed middle but the crushed bottom we need to worry about
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George Osborne plans to cut billions off tax credits bill, which could reduce income of a working-poor family with one child by £350 a year
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Institute for Fiscal Studies says scale of cuts planned by chancellor will force a ‘fundamental re-imagining of the state’
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The Autumn Statement raised as many questions as it provided answers. Kieron Flanagan explores some of the implications for science policy
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Alan Harding: If devolution is to mean anything it must be done in a way that ensures true economic rebalancing with London’s super-region
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It might help some first time buyers for a while, but the chancellor’s autumn statement doesn’t start to address the capital’s biggest housing issues
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Deputy PM says he co-authored document and chose to go to Cornwall to meet ‘normal people’ rather than attend Commons
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Chancellor hits out during interview on Today programme insisting projections of a return to 1930s levels are wrong
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Chancellor’s plan could require cuts to police, local government and justice amounting to a further £60bn by 2019-20
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Spending watchdog says more austerity needed to get deficit cut on track after chancellor misses short-term targets
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As Tories promise ever more aggressive cuts and Miliband and Balls seem confused, every party loses in echoes of past
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Labour MP tackles chancellor on deficit and says growth has been revised downwards ‘year after year after year’
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Office for Budget Responsibility expecting higher growth of 3% and 2.4% this year and next, but it will fall to 2.2% in 2016
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Simon Jenkins: The chancellor, patron saint of mega projects, has offered a fantasy splurge and shown himself as a wily figure
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Estate agents believe redesign will benefit existing owners more than buyers amid rush to push through sales of £2m-plus homes
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Proposed investment in rail, roads, science and culture met with approval by thinktank – but councils call for further devolution
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George Osborne targets voters who decide election but opposition believes he is still vulnerable
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Ninety-eight percent of homebuyers get a stamp duty break, while tax avoiders and public sector workers have to suck it up
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Chancellor trumpeted his diverted profits tax as a far-reaching crackdown but the reality may not be so ambitious
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Treasury estimates that new loans will see 10,000 more students taking postgraduate degrees a year
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Health campaigners welcome consultation on new levy unveiled during chancellor’s autumn statement
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Osborne exempts employers from national insurance contributions for apprentices under 25
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Alistair Darling: George Osborne made a good case for his strategy in the autumn statement. But the facts are against him, and Japanese-style long-term stagnation is still a real worry
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Just £20 a year extra in the pockets of those on basic rate, while other tax changes will benefit Isa savers and some in 40% band
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George Osborne says move shows commitment to jobs in the industry, but some experts say tax rates still much too high
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Retailers and manufacturers say existing system favours online businesses over those who require high street premises
Topics
- Autumn statement 2014
- Economics
- George Osborne
- Conservatives
- Economic policy
- Tax
- Tax and spending
- Ed Balls
- Public sector cuts
- Labour
- Budget deficit
- Liberal-Conservative coalition
- Public finance
- Office for Budget Responsibility
- Property
- Government borrowing
- Public services policy
- Stamp duty
- General election 2015
- Economic growth (GDP)
Analysis George Osborne’s plan may not be set in stone, but it still spells deep cuts