Is privatisation the route to a budget surplus?
Just before the Easter weekend, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills somewhat cynically slipped out a proposal to privatise the UK Land Registry. On the surface, it is not…
Will the Government get off scot free?
The fallout from Iain Duncan Smith’s resignation at the weekend has been felt far and wide in Westminster and Whitehall. Newspaper headlines have speculated at great length whether the cuts…
Sugaring a bitter Budget pill
This lunchtime George Osborne delivered his eighth Budget and announced a sugar levy on soft drinks. The issue of a ‘sugar tax’ is a multi-layered one that requires a great…
Another bumbling budget?
Are we heading for another omnishambles budget? Reading press reports over the last week, you would not be too far off the mark thinking that perhaps Osborne has not learned…