Three priorities for George Osborne’s first budget
We mustn't get ahead of ourselves but… Priority one: Repairing the public finances by focusing on reducing spending. Tax rises… Read more »
Boris Johnson: Tax cutter and… future Prime Minister?
Today's Spectator can rightly be called the "Boris Johnson issue", containing as it does a selection of pieces about its… Read more »
Is George Osborne’s caution an electoral tactic or part of his DNA?
Speaking on this morning's Today programme (listen again here) George Osborne said that he could not promise to reverse Labour's… Read more »
The Tory leadership will oppose Gordon Brown’s reform of MPs’ expenses
8pm Update: The BBC News Channel has just featured a clip of David Cameron speaking after the meeting, in which… Read more »
Tories target commuters with ‘Labour’s spent’ leaflet
In London (King’s Cross, Victoria, Westminster, Euston, Paddington and Charing Cross) plus Birmingham (New St), Liverpool (Lime St), Newcastle, Manchester… Read more »
New Labour is D.E.A.D.
D is for debt. Britain is drowning in Brown's borrowings. As the BBC's Robert Peston said, this was a truly… Read more »
David Cameron responds to the Budget: Any claim Labour made to economic competence is dead, over, finished
Jonathan Isaby's verdict: It was a real tour de force from David Cameron, who gave it both barrels at the… Read more »
Live blog of Alistair Darling’s Budget statement
1.21pm Alistair Darling sits down. 1.20pm ISA limits to be increased. 1.19pm Increase in statutory redundancy pay from £350 to… Read more »
David Cameron and Gordon Brown trade pre-Budget blows on the economy at PMQs
Jonathan Isaby's verdict: "A solid performance by David Cameron, acting as a warm-up for his response to Darling later on… Read more »
Unemployment rises to 2.1 million
Some grim figures just released on unemployment: it has risen 177,000 in the three months to February to reach 2.1… Read more »
Michael Gove demands “profound apology” from Ed Balls over the collapse of last year’s Sats tests
It’s a story that risks getting buried (conveniently for the Government?) amid the Budget, but shadow children, schools and families… Read more »
Should the NHS, defence and international development be Tory spending priorities? How should Conservatives fight the BNP? Does Ann Widdecombe deserve a seat in the House of Lords?
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David Cameron welcomes many of Brown’s proposals on MPs’ allowances – because he proposed them in the first place
David Cameron has put out a statement and done a round of TV interviews in response to Gordon Brown’s proposals… Read more »
MPs to vote on interim proposals on expenses and allowances “as early as next week”
David Cameron called for an urgent meeting with Gordon Brown to discuss MPs' expenses at the last PMQs before the… Read more »
New Ipsos Mori poll puts Tory lead at 13%
A new poll from Ipsos Mori has just been released, putting the parties on the following standings: Comparisons are with… Read more »