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Demand and supply: why the Budget fails on A-level economics
Kristian Niemietz
21 March 2013
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At first sight, the 2013 Budget seems to mean good news for prospective homebuyers and working parents. Under the new Help-to-Buy programme, the government will act as a guarantor for mortgages...
Chancellor still taking a dangerous gamble on future growth
Richard Wellings
20 March 2013
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George Osborne continues to make the same error he made in previous budgets. He is assuming the British economy will return to robust growth from 2014 onwards and that this will deliver the higher...
Abolish the budget, cut spending and taxes
Philip Booth
18 March 2013
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  The chancellor should announce that this will be the last annual budget of its type. Unfortunately, the budget is now used to make announcements that have nothing to do with Treasury...
“Progressive” and “fair” – the heart of the free market movement
Mark Littlewood
27 August 2010
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies’ recent analysis of the budget – purporting to show that it isn’t “progressive” as the financial hit taken by the poorest decile of...
Clip the wings of bossy Commission and revise Equality Act
Len Shackleton
26 August 2010
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I am inclined to agree with the view of The Times that the government should not get bogged down in the argument about the impact of the June budget on the poor. The IFS is probably correct in its...

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