Studying 43,639 Tweets posted during Hammond’s speech and Corbyn’s reply shows the challenge facing the Chancellor.
Bright Blue, the Institute of Economic Affairs, the Resolution Foundation and others give their views.
Only a constitutional referendum lock, safeguarded by the Queen, can protect us from the left-wing coalition that could take power in 2020.
The second piece in our pre-Budget series on how to eliminate the structural deficit.
The current tax regime levies much higher taxes on one of Britain’s most important exports than on other forms of alcohol.
The Communities Secretary has faced some opportunistic criticism of late, but ever since he joined Parliament he’s been tirelessly on the side of businesses.
Answering a question from Caroline Lucas, she says she has instructed Javid and Hammond to put protections in place.
He could commit to some tangible metrics – i.e: reducing the tax code in length by 25 per cent by 2019, or pledging to abolish three taxes in each budget.
The harsh truth is that, nearly seven years into Conservative-led Government, we are still living beyond our means.
If we want a competitive economy and fair taxation, we need to simplify the tax code – not give HMRC arbitrary powers which invite abuse.
You can’t encourage people to take what are described as virtuous acts, only to punish them later financially.
Two-tier arrangements confuse the public – radical reform is the answer to the financial pressures.
Income tax taking from the highest net-worth individuals are down £1 billion, even as everybody else has put more into the pot.
Self-employed people earning less than £15,900 a year will still see a reduction in their NICs bill, and also benefit from the increased income tax personal allowance.