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Opinion: From Climate to Jobs, Sunak’s Budget ‘Event’ Falls Short of the Protections We Need

Grace Blakeley

Unless the government invests in creating millions of new, secure, well-paid green jobs, the ‘recovery’ from the pandemic will be even weaker – if it even comes at all. Grace Blakeley on the chancellor's underwhelming summer statement.

Novara Live: Rishi Sunak’s Meal Deal

Rishi Sunak claims his mini-budget will save your job and save the high street, but is a bonus for employers and a half-price meal voucher enough to save Britain from a virus-induced depression? With Michael Walker, Faiza Shaheen and Owen Jones.

Opinion: The 2020 Budget Shows the Tories Are Playing by New Rules

Aaron Bastani

Did Rishi Sunak just end austerity? No. Is Britain adequately preparing for the panoply of crises set to define the coming decades? Also no. But make no mistake, writes Aaron Bastani, this was the first Tory budget since 2010 to abandon the neoliberal frame of ‘necessity', demonstrating how Labour under Corbyn won certain arguments.

Opinion: Taxing Times: With the Economy Unravelling, We Need a Budget for the Green New Deal

Adrienne Buller and Miriam Brett

Released amid a collapsing stock market and plunging oil prices, Wednesday's budget is unlikely to meet the challenges ahead, particularly on the climate, write Adrienne Buller and Miriam Brett. A systems crisis demands a systems response, and overhauling the design of the tax system is central to this.

Scottish Budget: More Managerialism Than Radicalism

Alasdair Clark

Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay today unveiled the SNP government’s draft budget for 2018-19, using new devolved powers to create a unique Scottish income tax system - but conceded to the Tories on bigger tax increases at the top.

Osborne’s budget ‘surplus lock’ is a scam to encourage more borrowing from the City

Joel Benjamin

George Osborne's proposed budget 'surplus lock' will commit future governments to running surpluses when the country is not in recession. Not only will it restrict future public spending, it will channel public money into City banks.

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