Office for Budget Responsibility

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  Day-to-day public services to bear brunt of government spending cuts

  9 Sep 2014:

  OBR says welfare and debt interest payments may rise with cuts to hit public sector pay and procurement to balance the budget

• Government posts surprise deficit in July after borrowing £239m

  21 Aug 2014: Economists had expected £50m surplus but ONS data shows 2014 borrowing so far is £9.4bn higher than at same point in 2013

• Student loan sale U-turn 'likely to cost £12bn'

  22 Jul 2014:

  Decision to abandon sell-off will also require review of public finances, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility

• Labour calls for regular checks on child poverty

  11 Jul 2014: As figures show an extra 300,000 children living in households that cannot afford to keep their house warm, Labour accuses Osborne of ignoring the issue

• UK house price inflation to outstrip pay rises 'for years to come'

  10 Jul 2014:

  OBR says only 'historically unprecedented' housebuilding activity can prevent loan-to-income ratios rising year after year

• Pace of recovery in Britain slows to eight-month low, CBI figures show

  27 Mar 2014:

  Business lobby group's latest insight into private sector reveals slowdown is most pronounced in services and retail sectors

• Budget 2014: Osborne targets grey vote with savings and pensions reforms

  19 Mar 2014:

  Chancellor warns austerity will continue long after election, while green groups condemn cheaper energy for business

• Osborne's budget is jam today – and damn tomorrow

  19 Mar 2014:

  None of the parties wants to admit the austerity lined up for voters – 2015's election winner will have lots of slashing to do

• The real gist of Osborne's speech was that Britain remains in deep trouble

  19 Mar 2014: The chancellor said growth may be picking up but the deficit is too high and investment too low

• Budget 2014: five things we learned

  19 Mar 2014:

  It may not be the most exciting of budgets, but we now know more about George Osborne and the wider economic picture

• Budget 2014: George Osborne presents 'budget for savers' as growth upgraded

  19 Mar 2014:

  In penultimate budget before election, chancellor offers package of help for pensioners and 'makers, doers and savers'

• UK GDP to exceed pre-recession peak this summer, business body predicts

  10 Mar 2014: British Chambers of Commerce raises alarm over youth unemployment, but wage growth expected to overtake inflation

• £20bn black hole in public finances would mean more austerity or tax rises

  7 Mar 2014: Ministers who insist on balancing the books will have to consider yet more spending cuts, tax rises, or both

• Living standards will not recover until after 2015 election says IFS

  30 Jan 2014:

  Institute of Fiscal Studies analysis boosts Miliband's campaign to show voters are worse off than in 2010 due to coalition

• Immigration benefits UK economy, say Treasury independent advisers

  14 Jan 2014: Treasury select committee told foreign workers more likely to be of working age, contribute in taxes and help public purse

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