Budget 2012

Political sketch: Cabinet millionaires, put your hands up
By Peter McHugh - 21 March 18:48

The Labour leader had them squirming, as he challenged the Front Bench to nod if they'd be quids in

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All sides are anxious about this Budget
By Gavin Kelly - 21 March 17:45
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Forget Osborne. It was Miliband's afternoon.
By Mehdi Hasan - 21 March 17:19
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Budget 2012: industry reaction
By Martha Gill - 21 March 17:00

TIGA, the Work Foundation, the Employee Ownership association, and the CBI deliver their verdicts.

Full transcript | George Osborne | 2012 Budget speech | House of Commons | 21 March 2012
By George Osborne - 21 March 16:18
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Osborne's missed opportunity to boost growth
By Will Straw - 21 March 15:44

The measures announced today will increase GDP by just £0.51 billion.

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This Budget may have been our part-time Chancellor’s last chance
By David Blanchflower - 21 March 15:32
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The 50p tax cut will retoxify the Tory brand
By George Eaton - 21 March 15:27

Osborne has rewarded the "morally repugnant" tax avoidance he condemned elsewhere.

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The Budget - live blog
By New Statesman - 21 March 12:55

Minute-by-minute coverage of George Osborne's third Budget.

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A tilt towards taxing big wealth?
Osborne opts for the tax politicians love...
By Gavin Kelly - 21 March 11:54

... and economists love to hate.

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