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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Budget tax rises may be fiscal fiction' as pain delayed for election year, IFS warns

Labour’s budget relies on backloaded tax rises and spending cuts that risk being undeliverable and will raise substantial costs for many workers by 2029.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Nigel Farage to promise business deregulation in economic policy speech

Nigel Farage commits to sweeping deregulation and a pro-business agenda while shelving immediate 90bn tax-cut promises until public spending is controlled.
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

Osborne warns Reform UK 'not fiscally fit to run the economy'

Former Chancellor George Osborne has warned that Reform UK "cannot be trusted to run the economy", accusing Nigel Farage's party of lacking fiscal credibility at a time when economic stewardship is likely to define the next general election. Speaking amid growing scrutiny of Reform's costed plans, Mr Osborne dismissed the party as economically unreliable, pointing to its proposals to lift the two-child benefit cap and nationalise water companies - policies that have already been branded "socialist" by Conservative critics.
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