George Osborne
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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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Jonathan Freedland: The chancellor has credibility. But the spectre of 1930s-style cuts may be too much for voters to accept
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Chancellor accused by former Labour culture ministers of trying to scare the BBC before the 2015 election
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Jane Martinson: The BBC team has decided that simply ‘letting things go’ in the phony war before the election is not good enough
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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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Politics Weekly George Osborne's autumn statement, Gordon Brown and Jeremy Thorpe – Politics Weekly podcast
Aditya Chakrabortty, Larry Elliott and Michael White join Tom Clark to discuss George Osborne's autumn statement, Gordon Brown's retirement and the death of former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe
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George Osborne has accused the BBC of using hyperbole in its coverage of spending cuts. The BBC said its coverage was fair and balanced, and that it asked the questions its audience wanted answers to. Which of the two would you put your trust in?
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David Cameron caused a stir in the House of Commons when he tripped over his words in debating with Ed Balls
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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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The chancellor has accused his critics of hyperbole, but his autumn statement leaves him little room for manoeuvre
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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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London estate agents deluged by wealthy purchasers beating midnight deadline before housing tax rise
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John Crace: The chancellor was tetchy from the off during interview by John Humphrys on Radio 4’s Today programme
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Editorial: As charter renewal approaches the corporation must stand firm against political buffeting
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Andrew Sparrow’s rolling coverage of all the reaction to the 2014 autumn statement, including George Osborne’s interviews and the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ briefings
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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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Big data research facility, dedicated to the codebreaker, will be at centre of new Knowledge Quarter in central London
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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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The chancellor says there will be 'difficult decisions ahead' as the government tries to create economic prosperity
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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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Chancellor hits out during interview on Today programme insisting projections of a return to 1930s levels are wrong
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Despite small increase, house prices are growing at slowest rate since February, with average UK property costing £186,941
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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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Chancellor's shakeup of stamp duty expected to boost buy-to-let landlords
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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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Cartoon Martin Rowson on government spending cuts – cartoon
Chancellor George Osborne has credibility – but the spectre of 1930s-style cuts may be too much for voters to accept