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Budget 2013: New ‘Help to Buy’ plan is a boost for Eric Pickles
One of the big measures in today’s Budget was the Help to Buy scheme. It answers two demands: the first for the Tories to continue to support home ownership as… Continue reading
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Whisper it, but the British economy may in better shape than you think... - Spectator Blogs
Doom and gloom is all around. This is another winter, if not of discontent, then certainly of persistent grumbling. Optimism is as rare as a Scottish victory at Twickenham and,… Continue reading
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Where will Cameron’s road proposal take us?
Are we facing ‘toll road UK’, as the Mirror suggests this morning? That is certainly a possibility arising from David Cameron’s plan to allow private firms to bid for chunks… Continue reading
52 CommentsWhat the GDP figures mean politically
The coalition can breathe a little easier today. The economy returned to growth in the first quarter of this year, avoiding a double-dip recession. It expanded by 0.5 percent which… Continue reading
19 CommentsThe cost to a nation
When the West looks at Japan, it’s strange that so much attention falls on the Japanese nuclear plants when the tsunami – water, mud and debris – was by far… Continue reading
14 CommentsOsborne pulls it off
George Osborne beat the expectations game today. His abolition of the fuel duty escalator for this parliament should — Elizabeth Taylor and Libya permitting — get him the front pages… Continue reading
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