Emergency budget 2010
22 September 2010
The CBI predicts the UK economy will grow at a slightly faster rate than expected in 2010, but growth will be more ‘sluggish’ than previously thought in 2011 thanks to the emergency budget.
19 August 2010
UK public sector borrowing fell to £3.8bn in July, down from £6.1bn in July 2009, suggesting the nation’s finances are starting to recover.
13 July 2010
Providing investors seek good advice on how to invest, make the best use they can of their Isa and CGT allowance, and opt for flexible collective investments, then the new taxes need not be too taxing
09 July 2010
So, the emergency Budget has put us out of our waiting-for-tax-hikes-induced misery.
05 July 2010
Betting against sterling has fallen significantly since the emergency Budget, with hedge funds and speculators closing short positions.
05 July 2010
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30 June 2010
George Osborne's austerity budget will cause 1.3m job losses over the next five years according to Treasury figures.
28 June 2010
The great thing about last week’s Budget is that I found all these things that I’d never heard of before, and suddenly you really understand why we’re bust.
28 June 2010
The new Chancellor George Osborne said his first budget was both ‘unavoidable’ and an ‘emergency’ and yet many of his policies had the look of being well thought out and planned.
28 June 2010
Harriet Harman, deputy leader of the Labour Party, has blasted the coalition Government’s emergency Budget as “reckless” and says it will “pull the rug from the UK economy.”
28 June 2010
The impact of the emergency Budget on equity markets has been obscured by the crisis in the eurozone.
28 June 2010
Economists are broadly positive on the plans announced in the emergency Budget and are scrambling to revise their own growth forecasts in light of the austerity measures.
28 June 2010
Last week both Moody’s Investor Services and Fitch Ratings said the emergency Budget is supportive of the UK’s AAA rating.
23 June 2010
Writing in the Guardian, business secretary Vince Cable says the impact of yesterday's Budget will be "painful".
22 June 2010
The financial press is largely reporting the emergency Budget has been as scary as promised, with "bloodbath", "eye-watering", and "excruciating" all featuring among the headlines.
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