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Osborne’s inevitable pasty tax U-turn set to cost Treasury £35 million
Pasty makers celebrate today following chancellor George Osborne’s pasty tax U-turn - but how will he make up the £35 million lost?
budget 2012
Osborne’s inevitable pasty tax U-turn set to cost Treasury £35 million
Pasty makers celebrate today following chancellor George Osborne’s pasty tax U-turn - but how will he make up the £35 million lost?
Osborne’s ‘granny tax’: Robbing pensioners to pay the one per cent
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rachel Reeves explains just how regressive George Osborne’s ‘granny tax’ is.
The charts that shame the “we’re all in this together” coalition
Alison Garnham of the Child Poverty Action Group, challenges the coalition to defend how the distributional analysis of their tax and benefit changes is fair.
Pre-budget memo to Mr Osborne: Tax cuts for the many, not the few will boost growth
Ahead of the budget, Laura Bradley, a researcher at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) argues tax cuts for the many, not the few will boost growth.
The Osborne tax get-out turns aid for the poorest into a subsidy for multinationals
Last year, the UK donated £4.2bn to poor countries. Now Osborne is considering changes that will allow multinationals to avoid paying £4bn to poor countries.