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Budget disability cuts: What is being planned?
The Chancellor's proposal for a £1.3bn a year cut in disability benefits is under fire - but what will it involve and who will be affected?
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UK facing austerity measures until 2021, IFS warns
The lower growth forecast for the economy means the Chancellor will have to raise taxes or make drastic cuts, the economic think-tank said.
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Should tax be used to control consumer behaviour?
The Budget seems to be a return to 'nudge, nudge' politics which looks at behaviour, the cost of dealing with it, and makes a calculation.
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Government facing rebellion over disability cuts
Around 20 Tory backbenchers wrote to the Chancellor, even before the Budget was delivered, to outline their concerns about the measure.
Read the full story ›Has Osborne gone soft on fixing the public finances?
The economic 'storm clouds' are gathering and the Chancellor seems to have accepted that reducing the country's debt will have to wait.
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Chancellor says sugar tax is a 'landmark' decision
George Osborne, speaking on Good Morning Britain, admitted the move was "controversial" but said it was necessary to protect children.
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John McDonnell: Labour would keep sugar tax
Labour's Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has said if his party is elected at the next election it will not abolish the sugar tax announced in yesterday's Budget.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain, Mr McDonnell said Labour supported the reasoning behind the tax but did not think it would work unless it was part of a wide health strategy designed to tackle obesity.
We welcome the sugar tax but the problem is it's not part of an overall strategy to tackle obesity and whilst George Osborne is introducing the sugar tax, he's cutting £200m from the public health budget.
In principle we support it but we have to see the detail as it rolls out.
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George Osborne to defend his 'sugar tax budget'
The Chancellor will defend the budget today amid complaints he announced a tax on fizzy drinks - an attempt to get his plans back on track.
Read the full story ›Osborne's new tax rules may leave Man Utd worse off
ITV News' Joel Hills looks at the likely impact of Osborne's new rules on debt interest relief on football clubs and companies in general.
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Who will end up paying the price of the new 'sugar tax'?
Osborne says drinks producers should pay the new 'sugar tax', writes Chris Ship - but will it be customers who end up shouldering the cost?
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