• Tax

  Does the Office for Budget Responsibility REALLY dictate how much tax we pay?

  By Mike Sivier|Last Updated: July 24, 2024|
• Conservative Party,Economy,Falsehood,Government,People,Politics

  Truss and Kwarteng LIED about independent report on their mini-budget. Should they resign?

  By Mike Sivier|Last Updated: September 30, 2022|
• Brexit,Economy,Parliament

  Lords bid to block ‘no-deal’ Brexit as OBR raises recession fears

  By Mike Sivier|Last Updated: July 18, 2019|
• Conservative Party,Economy,Education,Housing,Politics,Wages

  Economic forecasts make nonsense of Tory policy – but will be used to hammer the poor again

  By Mike Sivier|Last Updated: October 7, 2017|
• Health,Politics

  New scaremongering over cost of NHS ignores vast possibilities for change

  By Mike Sivier|Last Updated: January 18, 2017|
• Austerity,Debt,Democracy,Economy,Election campaign,Labour Party,Politics,Scotland referendum,Scottish Nationalism,Tax,UK

  Setting the record straight on Sturgeon’s fiscal policy

  By Mike Sivier|Last Updated: February 15, 2015|
• Austerity,Benefits,Business,Conservative Party,Cost of living,Defence,Economy,Election campaign,Employment,Health,International Aid,Neoliberalism,Politics,Poverty,Privatisation,Public services,Tax,UK,Wages

  Vote Tory for a tiny economy, terrible jobs and no welfare state

  By Mike Sivier|Last Updated: February 11, 2015|
• Conservative Party,Economy,Employment,Politics,Tax

  It’s more likely that George Osborne is the next Doctor Who than he will balance the government’s books – Tax Research UK

  By Mike Sivier|Last Updated: October 14, 2014|
• Austerity,Banks,Conservative Party,Corruption,Debt,Economy,Neoliberalism,Politics,UK

  The word “Tories” is an abbreviation of “tall stories” – Kitty S Jones

  By Mike Sivier|Last Updated: October 1, 2014|
• Austerity,Benefits,Conservative Party,Cost of living,Economy,Employment,Health,Labour Party,Liberal Democrats,Neoliberalism,Politics,Poverty,UK,Wages

  Tories and Lib Dems engineer fastest fall in wages since Victorian times

  By Mike Sivier|Last Updated: July 31, 2014|