Liberal Democrats to veto plan for benefits freeze
Nick Clegg will veto Conservative Chancellor George Osborne’s demands for a two-year freeze in most state benefits from next April. … Read the full post »
Read about George Osborne, Conservative Member of Parliament for Tatton (2001-2017) and Chancellor of the Exchequer (2010-2016). Among his many other jobs, he was editor of the Evening Standard 2017-20.
A great biography of him is George Osborne: The Austerity Chancellor by Janan Ganesh.
Nick Clegg will veto Conservative Chancellor George Osborne’s demands for a two-year freeze in most state benefits from next April. … Read the full post »
Welcome to today’s tax irony corner: that tycoon tax pushed by Nick Clegg is a British equivalent of the US Alternative Minimum Tax. … Read the full post »
It’s significant that Annette Brooke, very far from one of the ‘usual suspects’, is one of the MPs quoted by the Financial Times. … Read the full post »
The original grand plans for a Coalition 2.0 this year are fizzling out, with little more than a Q&A session due to be held at the Lib Dem autumn conference. … Read the full post »
As a general rule, I think people are too ready to knock politicians they don’t agree with as stupid. … Read the full post »
From last night’s Newsnight comes this clip of Vince Cable talking about the state of the economy, the Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and his own political ambitions. … Read the full post »
Tomorrow’s Daily Mirror front page has something Liberal Democrats will be agreeing with. … Read the full post »
Vince Cable is the top choice when people are asked who they would like to see as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the event of George Osborne’s removal from the post. … Read the full post »
The Queen inspires more terror than George Osborne. That is the tempting conclusion to be drawn from comparing the Queen’s Speech (volume of advanced leaks: low) with the Budget (volume of advanced leaks: high). … Read the full post »
Labour’s PFI and PPP schemes turned out badly in so many ways, it is easy to forget quite why they were so popular to begin with. … Read the full post »