The President of the Association of Chief Police Officers will warn of the “misleading” claim that police numbers will not suffer as a result of budget cuts. According to Sir Hugh Orde, current police numbers are “unsustainable” in the face of cuts to public spending. “With 83% of the police budget being people, sadly we [...]
Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman believes today’s budget is “reckless” and would lead to thousands of job losses in the near future. She believes the combination of cuts to public spending and tax rises will put Britain’s economic recovery at risk and punish “those who can least afford it”. Chancellor George Osborne said the tough [...]
Britain’s record deficit of £155 billion will be tackled by tax increases and huge cuts to public spending, Chancellor George Osborne will announce in his budget today. The new measures, to bring economic “fairness” across the country, will hit high earners hardest, while up to 900,000 low earners will be able to work tax free. [...]
The coalition government will proceed with its plan to freeze council tax this year, despite the deficit. Major cuts to public spending and increases in tax are expected in tomorrow’s budget by chancellor George Osborne, and the council tax freeze is thought to be a way of softening the blow, as Osborne seeks to steer [...]
Chancellor George Osborne will outline steps in his budget on Tuesday that will steer Britain away from “the road to ruin”, he told the BBC. Osborne believes his four year budget plan will help turn around “a truly awful financial situation” that the coalition government have inherited from Labour. An increase in non-business capital gains [...]
