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Thatcher and Tebbit confront Lawson about some liberties he's taken with this year's #budget...
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July 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Indeed!
Must move to FN community-led health transformation in #Budget2017. Incremental change doesn't work. @solmamakwa @gcfiddler @shenorthwilson
Hope @JustinTrudeau @janephilpott @Carolyn_Bennett @Bill_Morneau support FN community-led #Budget2017 #HealthTransformation #MKO #NAN #FSIN
November 24, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Must move to FN community-led health transformation in #Budget2017. Incremental change doesn't work. @solmamakwa @gcfiddler @shenorthwilson
See-saw in the OBR's economic growth forecasts. #Budget2017
• Bumps up 2017 by 0.6% pts
• Lops off 0.7% pts 2018-2020
• Bumps up 2017 by 0.6% pts
• Lops off 0.7% pts 2018-2020
December 7, 2024 at 3:51 PM
See-saw in the OBR's economic growth forecasts. #Budget2017
• Bumps up 2017 by 0.6% pts
• Lops off 0.7% pts 2018-2020
• Bumps up 2017 by 0.6% pts
• Lops off 0.7% pts 2018-2020
On the eve of a productivity-focused #Budget2017, here's Harold Wilson 51 years ago, trying to address Britain's poor productivity performance.
All sounds very familiar...
All sounds very familiar...
December 7, 2024 at 7:11 AM
On the eve of a productivity-focused #Budget2017, here's Harold Wilson 51 years ago, trying to address Britain's poor productivity performance.
All sounds very familiar...
All sounds very familiar...
Some duff public borrowing figures before #Budget2017
PSNB-ex £8.040 billion in Oct, above all forecasts in @ReutersPolls
PSNB-ex £8.040 billion in Oct, above all forecasts in @ReutersPolls
December 7, 2024 at 7:06 AM
Some duff public borrowing figures before #Budget2017
PSNB-ex £8.040 billion in Oct, above all forecasts in @ReutersPolls
PSNB-ex £8.040 billion in Oct, above all forecasts in @ReutersPolls
Cumulatively that's a 2.2 percentage point cut in GDP growth over the next 5 years vs March forecasts - pretty hefty! #Budget2017
December 7, 2024 at 7:01 AM
Cumulatively that's a 2.2 percentage point cut in GDP growth over the next 5 years vs March forecasts - pretty hefty! #Budget2017
UK will borrow £29.1 billion more between 2017/18 and 2021/22 than OBR thought in March. #Budget2017
December 7, 2024 at 7:01 AM
UK will borrow £29.1 billion more between 2017/18 and 2021/22 than OBR thought in March. #Budget2017
UK will borrow £29.1 billion more between 2017/18 and 2021/22 than OBR thought in March. #Budget2017
December 7, 2024 at 7:01 AM
UK will borrow £29.1 billion more between 2017/18 and 2021/22 than OBR thought in March. #Budget2017
OBR's 2.2 pct pt chop to UK growth forecasts over 5 years horizon is biggest since Dec 2012, by my reckoning #Budget2017
December 7, 2024 at 7:01 AM
OBR's 2.2 pct pt chop to UK growth forecasts over 5 years horizon is biggest since Dec 2012, by my reckoning #Budget2017
Lost growth:
Since March last year, 2.9% pts of UK GDP growth has disappeared from the OBR's forecasts for 2017 to 2020 #Budget2017
Since March last year, 2.9% pts of UK GDP growth has disappeared from the OBR's forecasts for 2017 to 2020 #Budget2017
December 7, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Lost growth:
Since March last year, 2.9% pts of UK GDP growth has disappeared from the OBR's forecasts for 2017 to 2020 #Budget2017
Since March last year, 2.9% pts of UK GDP growth has disappeared from the OBR's forecasts for 2017 to 2020 #Budget2017
At least for the moment, the OBR still isn't having Global Britain.
Trade boost to GDP to come next year... and that's about it. #Brexit #Budget2017
Trade boost to GDP to come next year... and that's about it. #Brexit #Budget2017
December 7, 2024 at 6:56 AM
At least for the moment, the OBR still isn't having Global Britain.
Trade boost to GDP to come next year... and that's about it. #Brexit #Budget2017
Trade boost to GDP to come next year... and that's about it. #Brexit #Budget2017
Bank of England is more optimistic than OBR about er... just about everything! 🤪 #Budget2017
Who's more likely to be right?
Who's more likely to be right?
December 7, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Bank of England is more optimistic than OBR about er... just about everything! 🤪 #Budget2017
Who's more likely to be right?
Who's more likely to be right?
Weak growth means even if UK maintains deficit at just 1%, it'd take until the 2060s for debt/GDP to fall to pre-crisis levels - and that assumes no recessions - IFS boss Paul Johnson #Budget2017
December 7, 2024 at 6:51 AM
Weak growth means even if UK maintains deficit at just 1%, it'd take until the 2060s for debt/GDP to fall to pre-crisis levels - and that assumes no recessions - IFS boss Paul Johnson #Budget2017
Manufacturing association @EEF_Press says recent 59% drop in apprenticeships "frankly unsurprising" and that #Budget2017 was a missed opportunity to correct this
December 7, 2024 at 6:51 AM
Manufacturing association @EEF_Press says recent 59% drop in apprenticeships "frankly unsurprising" and that #Budget2017 was a missed opportunity to correct this
Follow #CharityBudget for live updates and comment on how #Budget2017 will affect charities.
December 5, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Follow #CharityBudget for live updates and comment on how #Budget2017 will affect charities.
For initial reactions and comment from voluntary & charity sector on #Budget2017 follow #volsecbudget
December 5, 2024 at 10:49 AM
For initial reactions and comment from voluntary & charity sector on #Budget2017 follow #volsecbudget
Good moment to recall that govt has effectively banned onshore wind for being unpopular #Budget2017 #EPCC17 http://orca.cf.ac.uk/98660/7/EPCC.pdf
November 23, 2024 at 5:17 AM
Good moment to recall that govt has effectively banned onshore wind for being unpopular #Budget2017 #EPCC17 http://orca.cf.ac.uk/98660/7/EPCC.pdf
Massive 👏👏👏👍 @TomClarkeC4 & @Channel4News for bothering to cover what #Budget2017 didn't talk about https://www.channel4.com/news/budget-climate-change-omitted
Budget: climate change omitted
One of the notable things about the Chancellor's 55-minut...
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November 23, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Massive 👏👏👏👍 @TomClarkeC4 & @Channel4News for bothering to cover what #Budget2017 didn't talk about https://www.channel4.com/news/budget-climate-change-omitted
In advance of #Budget2017 here is @RoyalStatSoc call for investment in quantitative skills throughout education http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/science-and-technology-committee/closing-the-stem-skills-gap/written/45209.html
GAP0050 - Evidence on Closing the STEM skills gap
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December 4, 2024 at 1:11 PM
In advance of #Budget2017 here is @RoyalStatSoc call for investment in quantitative skills throughout education http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/science-and-technology-committee/closing-the-stem-skills-gap/written/45209.html
More specialist maths schools - want to see more detail on that #budget2017
December 4, 2024 at 1:06 PM
More specialist maths schools - want to see more detail on that #budget2017
‘It will not be long before our politicians return from the land of the fairies’ said @ChrisGiles_ a couple of months ago in this prescient piece #Budget2017
Productivity outlook remains bleak says @ChrisGiles_ https://www.ft.com/content/317a8ba4-a36f-11e7-b797-b61809486fe2
December 3, 2024 at 8:55 PM
‘It will not be long before our politicians return from the land of the fairies’ said @ChrisGiles_ a couple of months ago in this prescient piece #Budget2017
I can’t help but feel the endless conveyor or accounting firms writing up #Budget2017 summaries is redundant in this day and age. I get the marketing angle, but even that’s weak. How about some real customer value?
January 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I can’t help but feel the endless conveyor or accounting firms writing up #Budget2017 summaries is redundant in this day and age. I get the marketing angle, but even that’s weak. How about some real customer value?
Hammond should think twice before lowering the SMB speed limit#budget2017
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Hammond should think twice before lowering the SMB speed limit
All eyes will be on Philip Hammond next week as he delivers his Budget. The businesses world will be watching closely to see whether there is a repeat of the U-turn last time, when he scrapped a planned increase in National Insurance contributions for the self-employed.
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January 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Hammond should think twice before lowering the SMB speed limit#budget2017
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November 17, 2024 at 8:09 PM
#ImACeleb Kezia appearing on it means that for once a poliician will feel the same as many people do on budget day #Budget2017
#foodbanks #universalcredit #austerity #ESA
#foodbanks #universalcredit #austerity #ESA
November 17, 2024 at 8:09 PM
#ImACeleb Kezia appearing on it means that for once a poliician will feel the same as many people do on budget day #Budget2017
#foodbanks #universalcredit #austerity #ESA
#foodbanks #universalcredit #austerity #ESA