Yes, the chancellor delivered a regressive package, but the charge of ‘same old Tories’ is far too simplistic
No event in the political calendar is more thoroughly scrutinised yet more routinely overhyped than the budget. Only a tiny handful of budgets actually change the country or remain lodged in the memory as agenda-shaping moments. So let the dust settle before being too categorical about the long-term importance of George Osborne’s latest budget– especially as it is his second in four months.
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