<Reading> After the #AS2012 - @politic_animal
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#as2012 takes "from richest & from those receiving benefits & gives to those on modest earnings and to pensioners" http://www.ifs.org.uk/conferences/AS_2012_PJ.pdf
<Cartoon> The slow train #as2012 -
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<Reading> @msnuknews poll on the chancellor - #as2012 Ouch!
Why is BBC reporting "a raid on the pensions of the well-off"? #AS2012 reduces amount of free money given in tax cut, not a raid on capital.
<Reading> #AS2012 Picturesque phrases - via @benfenton
"We're all in this together" seems to refer to the bottom 50% and the top 10% but not those inbetween: cdn.labourlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/... #as2012
Hidden away in another document: lower National Insurance thresholds set to rise with inflation to £148/£149 in April #as2012
#AS2012 Public borrowing to soar and for longer than planned.
#AlIinItTogether
Question conventional economists steadystate.org/act/question-conventiona... #steadystateeconomy ~ I've signed, will you? #AS2012 #sustainability
Ed Balls still hasn't admitted his role in debauching the country's finances. And I think he is actually turning into Gordon Brown. #as2012
Well that was the shortest possible reference to Osborne's barmy shares-for-rights plan. #as2012
Mention of single tier pension very welcome. Danger Cameron would kill it. #as2012
Lower pension pot limit for tax breaks very welcome but Osborne has been a bit timid. Should have gone further. #as2012
Osborne's use of first year figures for 50% rate deeply misleading. #as2012
RT @adamcorlett I throw up a little every time anyone uses Cameron's 'winning the global race' expression. #autumnstatement #as2012
In #AS2012 @barrywellman states: Social isolation is a myth. Connected lives study shows that people have larger networks than in the past.