My 3rd blog in 4 days, this time on how the parties' austerity plans compare post-#Budget15: www.resolutionfoundation.org/media/blog/all-aboard-th...
So the government is going to give me £3000 over the next 5 years for saving to buy a house. How bizarre. Thanks? #Budget15
What happens if you want to take money out of your Help to Buy ISA? #Budget15
Pencilled-in public sector net investment for 2017-18 onwards increased from 1.2% GDP to 1.4%. #Budget15
£1.3bn to oil industry, big tax cut to farmers/landowners, corporation tax cut #allinittogether #Budget15
Scrapping Class 2 National Insurance is a £146 tax cut for the self-employed. #Budget15
#Budget15 takes my 2013 advice @ConHome >> Adam Corlett: A chance for the coalition to scrap an entire tax www.conservativehome.com/platform/2013/08/from-ad...
£11k tax allowance was rumoured to be for 2015-16. 2017-18 means a smaller tax cut than expected, and not as soon! #Budget15
My 2013 report calling for the 'self employment poll tax' to be scrapped: www.centreforum.org/index.php/mainpublicatio... 2 years of campaigning pays off! #Budget15
£30bn figure for consolidation is only for 2 years and understates challenge in other ways. Better figure coming soon... #Budget15
Big U-turn from Autumn Statement, unrelated to economic forecast. Pencilled in surplus for 2019 now 0.3% GDP, down from ~1%. #Budget15
Will be interesting to see what form help for the self-employed will take. Could scrap Class 2 NICs or raise Class 4 threshold?? #Budget15
Choose life. #Budget15
£11k tax allowance would (with help from inflation) get LDs/Con close to £12.5k. Might they set new goals? #Budget15
The personal allowance is expected to be increased to £11k in #Budget15. Five things you need to know: www.resolutionfoundation.org/media/blog/five-things-y...
After #budget15 & incoming #watercharges heres some handy ways to save water! #tidytowns #swinfordtidytowns
Some figures compared to last year, #Budget15
People welcoming demise of the #PensionLevy in #Budget15 should recall that in Budget 2013 Noonan said it would "not be renewed after 2014"
What's with all the ladies in the front bench's wearing red? #Budget15