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budget 2016

March 26, 2016

Manifestos, vigilance and liberty

How did you vote in the general election? For what you believed in? Out of custom and loyalty? Holding your nose? For the 'least worst'?
March 22, 2016

Opportunities and threats presented by the Budget U-turn

It's official.
March 21, 2016

Shadow Chancellor granted urgent question relating to budget

The Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell MP, has been granted an Urgent Question in relation to the 2016 Spring Budget.
March 19, 2016

A shocking resignation: the impact of Iain Duncan Smith's departure

A ministerial resignation is always dramatic.
March 19, 2016

Schooling ourselves for a smaller state?

Pope John Paul II once said, "A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members".
March 18, 2016

Iain Duncan Smith resigns from key ministerial post

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, has resigned tonight.
March 17, 2016

A budget, a referendum and a leadership contest

George Osborne may be a poor economist, but he is, beyond doubt, a skilful political operator.
March 17, 2016

The Church of England's budget response reveals twisted priorities

Institutional churches can be pretty slow to respond to injustice, so I’m not surprised that some people were pleased to see that the Church of England issued a speedy response to George Osborne’s
March 16, 2016

Cathedrals and human dignity

In the days before the Budget, some altruistic individuals were telling George Osborne via social media that if tax cuts were to be made at the expense of disabled people, then they personally did
March 16, 2016

Tax cuts for the rich, taxes and cuts for the poor

A regular theme of George Osborne's Chancellorship has been to reduce taxes for the rich while cutting the wages and services of everyone else, particularly those who are poorer.