Sentences with phrase «autumn statement»

But last week's autumn statement raised question - marks about the effectiveness of the strategy, when it was confirmed the basic state pension would not be included.

Our polling provides both comfort and warnings for the chancellor after a difficult autumn statement.

Last year's autumn statement painted a rosy picture of rising incomes and revenues.

Chancellor's plan to slash Short money announced in autumn statement would be «deeply damaging for accountability»

With only two months to go before the chancellor's autumn statement on November 29, the coalition is on course to face the choice of prolonging austerity measures well into the next parliament or to introduce more spending cuts or tax increases to balance the government's books on the current schedule.

It will also be his last autumn statement after he rather theatrically told the chamber:

Read our minute - by - minute account George Osborne's autumn statement with politics.co.uk's live blog.

Now we've arrived at autumn statement day, we know what a lot of these little tinkerings are.

This is my first autumn statement as chancellor.

George Osborne and Ed Balls have gone head to head debating the economy for years, and this gives us a great opportunity to compare their speaking styles, from autumn statement debates to party conference speeches.

Tuesday's autumn statement by chancellor George Osborne is likely to be accompanied by downgraded growth forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility.

Philip Hammond has delivered his first autumn statement as chancellor.

Government criticised for autumn statement plans to impose three - year squeeze on range of benefits

George Osborne claimed to be vindicated in his pursuit of austerity today, in a confident autumn statement which revealed that growth was being revised upwards by the biggest margin since the millennium.

Today's autumn statement saw the chancellor reveal the Office of Budget Responsibility's (OBR) forecasts for the year ahead.

Osborne's autumn statement measures represent an attack on the fringes of society: the poorest and richest are paying the price.

It should be autumn statement day today, but Cameron took the concept of prostrating himself before the Chinese so seriously that it's been shifted to tomorrow to make space for his trip.

George Osborne's autumn statement announcements are grabbing all the headlines today.

Robert Chote tells MPs he would not stake his reputation on the Office for Budget Responsibility's autumn statement predictions

Its assessment of Osborne's autumn statement found that spending cuts are likely to make up 85 % of the total deficit reduction effort - not the 80 - 20 split between cuts and tax rises targeted by the chancellor.

The chancellor confirmed in yesterday's autumn statement national debt would only begin falling in 2016/17, not 2015/16 as he had previously promised.

Budgets and Autumn Statements always have an element of theatre and George has willingly succumbed to the temptation to pull a large white fluffy rabbit out of his hat at the end of each performance.

This was David Cameron's first opportunity to bash Ed Balls since the shadow chancellor's autumn statement howler last week.

Mr Clegg said he wanted those «with the broadest shoulders» to pay more and that George Osborne's autumn statement next week would feature «more of that».

Against this agonising backdrop, the terrible and inescapable truth is that this afternoon's autumn statement scarcely matters.

The ITV political editor predicted: «I wouldn't be at all surprised if this is the most dull budget of the 60 odd (if you include autumn statements) that it's been my joy and privilege to cover.»

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Eurosceptics dismiss OBR prediction of # 59bn black hole which informed chancellor's cautious autumn statement

Autumn statement run - up: Reform looks at fiscal rules.

Osborne, who was sacked by Theresa May in July, was forced into an embarrassing U-turn at last year's autumn statement over planned reductions to tax credits.

Analysis of the UK goverements autumn statement and spending...

In his recent autumn statement, chancellor Philip Hammond announced an infrastructure investment aimed at bringing fast broadband and 5G mobile data to the UK.

Estate agents in Clapham, south London, saw deal frenzy after higher stamp duty announced in autumn statement

The BBC's Ben Wright said the money will not come from the existing education budget, although the Treasury will explain the source in Tuesday's autumn statement on the economy.

«The government is clear that work should always pay, and at autumn statement the chancellor strengthened the incentives in universal credit to allow people to keep more of what they earn as they progress in work.»

Their attempt wasn't nearly as successful as their infamous smothering of Ed Balls» speech following the last autumn statement.

Hammond was presenting his first autumn statement.

Taken together, Osborne's autumn statement measures represent an attack on the fringes of society: the poorest and richest are paying the price.

Webb also cited the tax breaks promised by chancellor George Osborne in December's autumn statement as testament to «the crucial need to stimulate new investment in offshore oil and gas development that will safeguard UK jobs, tax revenues, exports and secure primary energy supplies.

The IFS said the richest ten per cent would end up paying more as a result of the autumn statement, but noted that those in the three deciles below were better off as a result of its changes.

As commuters struggled to get to work because of ice on the line, George Osborne unveiled the autumn statement.

While we're on the topic, there were other good things in the autumn statement.

He told me in a Sky News interview after the vote the tax credits cuts are «bad politics» and he's convinced Osborne will announce some «tweaking» in his autumn statement on November 25.

12:14 - Now, back to Miliband, who takes on the autumn statement and the IFS figures suggesting the poorest third lose out more than the bottom third.

Countryside Alliance warns of new research showing that on average those living in the countryside spend almost # 17 MORE on fuel each month than urban commuters, ahead of George Osborne's Autumn statement.

Osborne's autumn statement was fiscally neutral, effectively swapping benefit cuts and tax rises on the richest for broader tax reductions like the abandoned fuel duty hike and increases in personal tax thresholds.

Shadow home secretary Ed Balls attacked the package of measures contained in the autumn statement.